Galway Comedy Carnival: Mid Festival Gala
24/10/2014 … The Spiegeltent at the heart of Galway’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival just about survived the onslaught of ex-hurricane Gonzalo as it lashed Ireland’s Atlantic coast…
2014 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 24 October 2014
Thu 23 October 2014
The Gingerbeard House at Galway Comedy Carnival
23/10/2014 … The Gingerbeard House is a regular night in Galway, normally half-stand-up, half-music.
Mon 20 October 2014
Phil Jerrod: Neanderthal
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Comedy Festival
20/10/2014 … This is the first time that Phil Jerrod has performed for an hour – and what an impressive calling card Neanderthal already is.
Nathan Caton: Teenage Mutant Nathan Caton
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Comedy Festival
20/10/2014 … Affable Nathon Caton has got all the elements for a successful show, but they don’t quite work in concert, ultimately leaving this feeling like a comedy-club…
Morgan And West: A Grand Adventure
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Comedy Festival
20/10/2014 … It’s commendable that Morgan and West, the self-styled time-travelling Victorian magicians, are trying to put a new twist on their genre both with their distinctive…
Sat 18 October 2014
Tom Stade: Decisions Decisions
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Comedy Festival
18/10/2014 … Tom Stade is by no means the first fortysomething comic to muse on how a youthful irresponsibility has slipped trough his fingers.
Fri 17 October 2014
Ahmed Ahmed: Ahmedica
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Thearte
17/10/2014 … Egyptian-American stand-up Ahmed Ahmed came to prominence with the Axis Of Evil comedy tour, featuring several comics from cultures deemed hostile to America, post…
Thu 16 October 2014
The Infidel: The Musical
Theatre review by Steve Bennett at the Theatre Royal Stratford East
16/10/2014 … Writing in the programme, The Infidel's creator David Baddiel says that his favourite musicals are all religious ones: Jesus Christ Superstar, Book Of Mormon, Godspell,…