Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent
23/08/2011 … Within minutes of taking the stage Margaret Cho issues an apology to anyone who may have chosen to see her show without knowing what they were letting themselves…
2011 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 23 August 2011
Kev Orkian, The Guilty Pianist
23/08/2011 … Anyone who watched last year's Britain's Got Talent will already be familiar with comedy pianist Orkian who reached the semi-finals.
Conor O'Toole's Manual Of Style
23/08/2011 … Conor O'Toole cuts an innocent young figure standing in the middle of the stage.
Chris Martin: No, Not That One
23/08/2011 … Chris Martin comes out on stage to a riff that puts me in mind of Prodigy – is this an omen? I'm certainly wondering whether his debut Fringe show will signify…
Dicking A Great Big Hole
23/08/2011 … Jodie Dick is a comedian who breaks all the rules.
Mabbs & Justice: Love Machine
23/08/2011 … Often as a reviewer you find yourself at odds with an audience – hating some easy fodder that’s getting lots of laughs, or loving something that deserves more.
Josie Long: The Future Is Another Planet
23/08/2011 … ‘Silly, friendly, ramshackle, impassioned’ goes the printed programme blurb for Josie Long’s show – written months before the festival starts.
Auntie Netta and The Trouble With Asian Men
23/08/2011 … This double-bill from the producers of the film comedy East Is East mixes very different types of comedy – even within the same act.