Beyond A Joke
01/01/2006 … Set amid a huge snowstorm, altering normal life in some truly bizarre ways, the acclaimed Cambridge Footlights comedy troupe have produced a series of comic sketches…
2006 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 01 January 2006
David O\'Doherty in World Champion of Some Things
01/01/2006 … David O'Doherty has made a major change in the direction of his comedy this year, going from what he calls low-key musical whimsy to "very low-key musical whimsy".
Rob Brydon: The Keith Barret Show
01/01/2006 … On TV, Keith Barret's transformation from distinctive, funny and original character into the mainstream of celebrity is complete, thanks to his spoof BBC2 chat show…
Urgent and Confidential: Dean Cameron\'s Nigerian S
01/01/2006 … It's the type of time-sapping spam every inbox endures: the plea from the relatives of some recently dead Nigerian bigwig, wanting to smuggle millions out of the…
Chris Neill: The BBC, Andrew Gilligan, And Me
01/01/2006 … If we are talking about awards at this point of the festival, Chris Neill must be in contention for the coveted Show Established On Most False Pretences Award 2004.
Paul Sinha: Aspects of Love, Actually
01/01/2006 … As an overweight, gay, Begali doctor, Paul Sinha's decision not to exploit any of those adjectives to hit a certain Fringe demographic is a bold one.
Ealing Live!
01/01/2006 … One aim of Ealing Live! is to offer a less hostile equivalent to Late 'n' Live for sketch and character acts; a smorgasbord of comic canapés from other Fringe shows…
Please Stop Trying To Kill Me, Dad
01/01/2006 … Jason 'Jake' Peck is the type of cheery chappy with appealing tragi-comic eyes and expressive face that would work well in a TV sketch show or sitcom.