Brighton Fringe: Beesquit
16/05/2012 … The blurb for Beesquit promises so many highfalutin artistic concepts, it’s surely likely to scare off more potential punters than it woos.
2012 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 16 May 2012
Brighton Fringe: The Great Puppet Horn
16/05/2012 … What is it with puppets and knockabout satire? The Great Puppet Horn (the ‘Horn’, we are told, is ambiguous) might be a potential successor to Spitting Image…
Tue 15 May 2012
Brighton Fringe: An Austrian And Someone From Slough
15/05/2012 … Britain’s vibrant stand-up scene is a veritable United Nations of comedy – and now, representing Austria, we have Alice Frick.
Sat 12 May 2012
Jerry Seinfeld at Birmingham NIA
12/05/2012 … He’s a car nut, so this should be an appropriate analogy: Jerry Seinfeld is the Mercedes S-class of comedy.
Fri 11 May 2012
The Humble Quest For Universal Genius
11/05/2012 … One of the most pertinent questions that could be asked in this comedy quiz show is: Why aren’t there more people here?The Humble Quest For Universal Genius has…
Thu 10 May 2012
Angie Le Mar: In My Shoes
10/05/2012 … It is possibly a mistake to market In My Shoes with its jovial poster of a beaming Angie Le Mar and a flyer blurb that uses 'comedy' as three of its first 20 words.
Wed 09 May 2012
Brighton Fringe: Ria Lina: It's Not Easy Being Yellow
09/05/2012 … Ria Lina’s debut hour is a loose mixture of passable stand-up and jaunty ukulele songs, but without a strong raison d’etre beyond apparently the need to fill…
Tue 08 May 2012
Brighton Comedy Festival – Dan Wright: Michael Jackson Touched Me
08/05/2012 … Every good comic needs a reason to struggle against the world… and for Dan Wright it his love of Michael Jackson, which he details as a damaging obsession, way…