It's Going To Be An Awkward Christmas, Darling
20/12/2010 … Though the music is warm, and comedian Helen Arney’s voice soulful, this collection of Christmas ditties is a dispiriting affair, with its relentless references…
2010 DVDs
Here are our reviews of comedy DVDs – and the occasional CD. Mainly stand-up, but some sitcoms, sketch shows, documentaries etc too…
Mon 20 December 2010
Fri 17 December 2010
Bo Burnham CD: Words Words Words
17/12/2010 … ‘I don't like the term young comedian,’ says 20-year-old Bo Burnham.
Tue 14 December 2010
Mitch Fatal Is Magical
14/12/2010 … Let's talk about sex… As that’s pretty much all American comic Mitch Fatel does.
Fri 10 December 2010
Danny Bhoy: Subject To Change
10/12/2010 … Danny Bhoy makes no bones about the fact this DVD, recorded in Montreal, is aimed at the US market.
Thu 09 December 2010
Simon Amstell: Do Nothing
09/12/2010 … Never mind the grandstanding ‘Hello Dublin!’ style introductions, Simon Amstell kicks off his show as he means to go on: ‘I’m lonely, let's start with that,…
Tue 07 December 2010
Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind
07/12/2010 … Every comic works best in a smaller room, but – on the evidence of this DVD at least – Bill Bailey can make Dublin’s 9,500-seater O2 Arena seem as intimate…
Fri 03 December 2010
Mighty Boosh On Tour: Journey Of The Childmen
03/12/2010 … There’s an inevitable scene in Journey Of The Childmen in which screaming young fans, many dressed up for the occasion, mob the Mighty Boosh boys’ car as they…
Thu 02 December 2010
Tim Minchin: Ready For This
02/12/2010 … Tim Minchin’s really spoiling us with this year’s DVD, capturing a barnstormer of a gig, with one tour-de-force number after another.