Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2014
25/02/2014 … For a while in this year's Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year competition, it looked like it was going to be a night of relatively straightforward stand-up,…
2014 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 25 February 2014
Mon 24 February 2014
© Steve Ullathorne Patrick Monahan: Cake Charmer
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Comedy Festival
24/02/2014 … Ever-ebullient Patrick Monahan is everyone’s best mate, hugging all in his audience as if they were long-lost relatives, and quickly filling the room with such…
Sat 22 February 2014
Mitch Benn Is The 37th Beatle
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Brighton Komedia
22/02/2014 … Mitch Benn is best known for his prolific production of topical parodies for Radio 4’s The Now Show, but for his current tour he has combined two of the three…
Fri 21 February 2014
Film review: Richard Ayoade's The Double
By Jay Richardson at the Glasgow Film Festival
21/02/2014 … Richard Ayoade's second film The Double is loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's borderline unreadable novella – but owes considerably more in look and narrative…
Tue 18 February 2014
The Mitford Sisters Reunion
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Comedy Festival
18/02/2014 … Not many comedy sketch groups are named after famed fascists, but the Mitford Sisters like to do things a little differently.
Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen (Vol 2)
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Thearte
18/02/2014 … If you didn’t know better, it would be easy to dismiss Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen as a one-joke idea, a whole show spun around the single funny notion inherent…
Mon 17 February 2014
Caimh McDonnell: Southbound And Down
17/02/2014 … Despite his token efforts, there’s no great theme or message or structure to Caimh McDonnell’s new show.
Darren Maskell Is A Woodlouse Trapped Under A Glass
17/02/2014 … It was an unusual bit of marketing.