Giada Garofalo at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Italian Giada Garofalo promises some unique material about her country’s political class and Silvio Berlusconi’s antics.
2009 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 22 September 2009
Katerina Vrana at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Katerina Vrana fizzles with verve and confident likeability, even if remarks about being a cross between two celebrities and moaning about British drizzle don’t…
Rhona McKenzie at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Relative newcomer Rhona McKenzie offers an earthy set, with cheap-laugh references to the likes of camel toes, overgrown bushes and big pants, which she’s not…
Catherine Semark at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Though a relative newcomer, well-spoken Catherine Semark has understated elegance and quiet confidence, that draws the audience in – even though her routine is…
© Claudia Wass Jo Selby as Tatiana Ostrakova at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Jo Selby's character of Russian comedian Tatiana Ostrakova, fresh from Jongleurs Minsk, was a highlight of the night.
Elizabeth Mee at the 2009 Funny Women final
22/09/2009 … Elizabeth Mee admits she’s a stereotype: middle-aged and upper-middle-class, she’s Radio 4 in human form, and makes predictable references to Agas and children…
Fri 18 September 2009
Kevin Bloody Wilson Dilligaf tour
18/09/2009 … From even the slimmest knowledge of Kevin Bloody Wilson’s reputation, you’d probably know what to expect.
Wed 16 September 2009
Last Night Of The Poms
16/09/2009 … Dame Edna hasn’t performed Last Night Of The Poms for 28 years.