© BBC/Des Willie Josh: Episode 1
11/11/2015 … Telly commissioners always say they’re seeking distinctive voices in sitcom – and we’ve got a lot of them that fit that bill.
2015 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 11 November 2015
© BBC/Des Willie Tue 10 November 2015
Beat The Frog World Series Final 2015
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Frog & Bucket, Manchester
10/11/2015 … The Beat The Frog World Series line-ups are always a miscellany.
Mon 09 November 2015
Alfie Brown: -ism
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
09/11/2015 … Over the past handful of years Alfie Brown’s forged a reputation for being a smart, opinionated, contrarian full of firm beliefs, if sometimes difficult and intense…
Penny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
09/11/2015 … ‘This is not stand-up comedy,’ avant-garde diva Penny Arcade declares.
Wed 04 November 2015
Kieran Hodgson: Lance
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Invisible Dot, London
04/11/2015 … Nostalgic biographical comedies are all the rage on the TV at the moment, and in that sepia-tinted spirit Kieran Hodgson takes us all the way back to the halcyon…
Thu 29 October 2015
© 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…
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…