Hardeep Singh Kohli: Hardeep is Your Love
01/08/2014 … One of the issues of writing a personal show about the big, universal theme of love is that the audiences crave profundity and original insight rather than just…
2014 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 01 August 2014
Raymond Mearns Live
01/08/2014 … It might seem out of character for the self-ascribed ‘rough as fuck’ Glaswegian, but Raymond Mearns starts his show with a Truman Capote quote: ‘I can alchemize…
Thu 31 July 2014
EastEnd Cabaret: Sexual Tension
31/07/2014 … They may be called EastEnd Cabaret, but nowadays they show little trace of the London district where the act was conceived, with sensibilities that are more Pigalle…
Beasts: Solo
31/07/2014 … It’s an unwritten rule of sketch comedy that troupes must be forever bickering, at odds with each other to create some dramatic tension.
Ben Verth: Anxious
31/07/2014 … Ben Verth can be pretty amusing as he takes apart his minor personality deficiencies, using stand-up to celebrate the things that could otherwise socially embarrass…
Chris Turner: Pretty Fly
31/07/2014 … Chris Turner's many, many gags in this remarkable debut hour elicit a mixture of responses.
Robin And Partridge: Robin Dies At The End
31/07/2014 … Robin Clyfan and Charlie Partridge are greeted on stage with the sort of whoops that you’d expect if One Direction themselves had decided to have a bash at comedy.
Mon 21 July 2014
Latitude: Also seen
21/07/2014 … AnthonyThis 15-minute BFI-funded film, starring Tim Key and Tom Basden, is a Christmas story with a bleak Scandi-drama mood that’s far from festive.