Jason Cook: Joy
01/01/2008 … ‘I want to put a smile on all your faces as you leave,’ Jason Cook tells the audience for Joy – which would be a stark contrast to last year’s show when…
Tue 01 January 2008
David Longley: A Joke Is Just A Joke
01/01/2008 … Dave Longley has some big ideas, eloquently put, in this imperfect but intellectually ambitious hour.
Matt Tiller: Tillerpop
01/01/2008 … Matt Tiller’s show is ostensibly about niceness and badness, and he seems to personify the former.
Lloyd Woolf: Ten Shows I Abandoned
01/01/2008 … It’s a good concept, you’ve got to give him that.
Des Clarke: Desire
01/01/2008 … There is no doubting Des Clarke’s status as a Scottish celebrity, with a popular radio show and several TV appearances under his belt he is the local boy made…
The Guru
01/01/2008 … Guru John Popolini and his unlikely assistant Madonna (Evelyne Brink) encourage chanting mantras, growling and insulting your neighbour as they roar and sing their…
Pajama Men: Versus vs Versus
01/01/2008 … The highly contrived, surreal and pretentious offerings of Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez leave me cold.
Wendy Wason: Things I Didn't Know I Didn't Know
01/01/2008 … You won’t find many more shows that start as elegantly as Wendy Wason’s, as she comes out in a glamorous black cocktail dress, inspired by Holly Golightly, and…