Karl Spain – Original Review
03/06/2008 … Karl Spain is a droll, mate-down-the-pub sort of a comic; an amiable everyman with a cheery, if underlyingly cynical, take on ordinary existence.
2008 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 03 June 2008
Shappi Khorsandi – Original Review
03/06/2008 … As one of the select band of Iranian comics working the circuit, race plays its parts in Shappi Khorsandi’s comedy – but not quite in the way you might expect,…
Mon 02 June 2008
© Rich Hardcastle Dave Fulton – Original Review
02/06/2008 … Dave Fulton is easy-going, ironic and liberal – which is perhaps why he left his native America to establish himself in the UK several years ago.
Sun 01 June 2008
Funny Women final 2008
01/06/2008 … The final of the Nivea Funny Women Awards last night celebrated the brand of comedians that form a minority on the circuit, usually stereotyped and marginalised…
Chris Martin – Original Review
01/06/2008 … A newcomer who’s cutting his teeth hosting a regular Newcastle Uni gig, Chris Martin offers a solid stand-up set, with close attention to gags.
Sun 25 May 2008
Mon 19 May 2008
Ismo Leikola – Original Review
19/05/2008 … Finn Ismo Leikola, a relative newcomer to the UK circuit, is as cold and desolate as his home country, and capitalises on his softly-spoken charm well.
Nat Tapley – Original Review
19/05/2008 … Nathaniel Tapley is an actorly character turn very much similar in style to Al Murray’s loud, declamatory performance – not to mention his ill-thought-out right-wing…