Miles Jupp: Young Man In A Huff
01/01/2005 … Listening to Miles Jupp is a little like being in the company of an aged grandparent; an old, stuffy traditionalist, bemused and angered in equal measure by the…
2005 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sat 01 January 2005
Guy Browning's Small Talk
01/01/2005 … The image Guy Browning projects on stage is so prim and proper that he even feels the need to excuse himself for being ‘unnecessarily provocative’ when…
Steve Furst: Behind The Net Curtains
01/01/2005 … if you have been to the cinema over the past two years, you will surely recognise Steve Furst from the Orange adverts that precede every film.
Rain Pryor: Fried Chicken & Latkes
01/01/2005 … Rain Pryor has an early warning for anyone expecting to see a female version of her father: ‘This ain’t my daddy’s stand-up.
Alun Cochrane: Comedy With Sad Bits
01/01/2005 … With a title like this, and an explanation that sitcoms and stand-ups always work best when they incorporate moments of sadness, Alun Cochrane makes promises of…
Tom Snyders: The Bicycling Comedian
01/01/2005 … At some point in the Eighties, American comic Tom Snyders decided to start travelling to all his gigs by bicycle – and this slightly idiosyncratic mode of…
Monkey Butlers
01/01/2005 … The Monkey Butlers is a quartet of moderately established stand-ups who’ve chosen to take a foray into sketch comedy – and what a traditional, old-fashioned…
John Oliver & Andy Zaltzman issue a list of de
01/01/2005 … As solo performers, both Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver have their faults.