Glasgow Comedy Festival: Maureen Langan
21/03/2011 … The Glasgow comedy festival earns its ‘international’ tag with a generous smattering of genuine intercontinental visitors in shows such as this intimate back-of-a-pub…
2011 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 21 March 2011
Glasgow Comedy Festival: The Stockholm Syndrome
21/03/2011 … An amorphous, regular late-night showcase in which acts are encouraged to be experimental, Stockholm Syndrome is intrinsically bound up with its location on Glasgow’s…
New Act Of The Year final 2011
21/03/2011 … If variety is the spice of life then this years rebranded Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Award was a veritable vindaloo.
Fri 18 March 2011
Durex One Night Stand Up final
18/03/2011 … In something of a departure from the buttock-punishing marathons that are most new act finals, the Durex One Night Stand Up showcased just four up-and-comers, all…
Submarine
18/03/2011 … If you only know Richard Ayoade as the nutty, uber-geeky, perennial man-child Moss from the IT Crowd, his directorial debut will come as a surprise… but a most…
Thu 17 March 2011
Doc Brown at the Royal Albert Hall
17/03/2011 … It must be every performer’s dream to play the Royal Albert Hall.
Mon 14 March 2011
Spike Milligan's Puckoon
14/03/2011 … This stage production of Spike Milligan’s classic comic novel has put a lot of effort into capturing the Goon’s ribald mania – producing a blitzkrieg of characters,…
Tue 08 March 2011
Stand Up And Be Counted
08/03/2011 … Jim Davidson has been talking a good game when it comes to his play Stand Up And Be Counted, softening his normal belligerence to accept that there may be a debate…