© BBC Detectorists: Series 2
29/10/2015 … Have they got a bit more budget for the second series of Detectorists? The opening episode starts with a historical battle… a big set piece that only serves to…
2015 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Thu 29 October 2015
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Festival Of The Spoken Nerd: Just For Graphs
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Newbury Corn Exchange
29/10/2015 … For anyone who watches – or remembers – the Royal Institution Christmas lectures, the Festival Of The Spoken Nerd shows will strike a familiar tone as the amiable…
Tue 27 October 2015
© C4 Catastrophe: Series 2
27/10/2015 … Commissioned in double-quick time, the second series of Catastrophe shows no signs of letting up: not on the brutal true-to-life comedy, nor on the agony Sharon…
Mon 26 October 2015
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse: Legends
26/10/2015 … Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse’s tour is a tug-of-war between nostalgia and relevance.
Fri 23 October 2015
Frankie Boyle: Hurt Like You've Never Been Loved
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
23/10/2015 … So, he’s the crass comedian who says appalling things about paedophiles, cancer and Madelaine McCann to prompt a reaction.
Brand: A Second Coming
Movie review by Jay Richardson
23/10/2015 … Excess has been a recurring feature in Russell Brand's life.
Thu 22 October 2015
Fred Macaulay: Twenty Fifteen
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Comedy Festival
22/10/2015 … If the title of Fred Macaulay’s tour, Twenty Fifteen, sounds ambiguously non-committal, well that’s only because it reflects the imprecise focus of the show…
Sofie Hagen Bubblewrap
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Comedy Festival
22/10/2015 … Early last year, Sofie Hagen had the sort of personal awakening that might be a Hollywood screenwriter’s wet dream.