Leicester Comedy Festival 2012 preview show
16/01/2012 … Tricky job, compiling a showcase spanning the full range of the comedy circuit to a largely conservative audience.
2012 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 16 January 2012
Fri 13 January 2012
Simon Munnery: Hats Off For The 101ers And Other Material
13/01/2012 … Simon Munnery may have the pin-sharp mind of man with two Oxbridge degrees – but he combines that with the shambolic amateurism of the late Malcolm Hardee.
Wed 11 January 2012
Pajama Men: In The Middle Of No One
11/01/2012 … Nearly two months in the West End is an ambitious residency for the Pajama Men, who are about to learn the hard way whether or not Edinburgh Fringe acclaim can translate…
Mon 09 January 2012
Zach Adams: Songs For Future Girl
09/01/2012 … Mild-mannered Zack Adams’s whimsical ballads of heartache past aren’t without their appeal, but the low-key humour is often so flimsy as to be transparent.
Xavier Michelides: Future World
09/01/2012 … You can’t fault Xavier Michelides’s commitment to his performance.
Watson In The Super Secret Awesome Show
09/01/2012 … Double-act Watson used to be a trio called The Hounds, but in this festival offering they seem determined to generate more than enough noise, activity and energy…
Watch What Jaymie Wilson Does To This Guinea Pig
09/01/2012 … What does Jaymie Wilson do to this guinea pig? The answer is: not much.
Tom Ballard: Since 1989
09/01/2012 … In basing a show almost entirely around his break-up from Gen Y pin-up Josh Thomas, Tom Ballard could easily stand accused of hitching a ride on the coat-tails of…