Def Comedy Jam
01/09/2008 … Whatever you say about Def Comedy Jam, they know how to get an audience in the mood; with the talented hip-hop DJ Kid Capri scratching his way through a sizeable…
2008 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 01 September 2008
Russell Howard: Dingledodies
01/09/2008 … Dingledodies is a word Jack Kerouac invented to describe life-affirming weirdos he was always drawn to, the ‘the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to…
Joseph Wilson – Original Review
01/09/2008 … Cheeky newcomer Joseph Wilson’s material tends towards the obvious, appropriating a bit of graffiti he’s seen, doing a hummus/Hamas gag, and a hackneyed take…
Jeremy Hardy – Original Review
01/09/2008 … Jeremy Hardy’s peevishness comes not only from a sense of his own middle-age, but also from an irritation that after 23 years preaching his left-wing message,…
Jon Richardson – Original Review
01/09/2008 … Although only a twentysomething, Jon Richardson is a grumpy young man, liking things ‘just so’, and becoming irascible when they’re not.
Brendon Burns – Original Review
01/09/2008 … Bilious and sweary Brendon Burns is, on the surface, simply another aggressive, swaggering Aussie talking filth, but behind the hard-edged material lies some smart…
Jenny Eclair – Original Review
01/09/2008 … Jenny Éclair is in her late 40s and 'falling to pieces’.
Otis Lee Crenshaw – Original Review
01/09/2008 … In the transitional years of British comedy, folk singers such as Billy Connolly and Jasper Carrott used to banter between their songs until gradually the talking…