Amy Schumer
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Edinburgh Playhouse
31/08/2016 … Amy Schumer comes to the UK on a career high, but she doesn’t think her time in the spotlight will last much longer; not feeling or acting like a normal…
2016 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 31 August 2016
Tue 30 August 2016
© BBC Home From Home
30/08/2016 … The latest pilot in the BBC’s Landmark Sitcom series, Home From Home is a warm, gentle affair, much down to the likeability of Johnny Vegas as a hapless…
Mon 29 August 2016
© BBC TV review: Meet The Coopers
29/08/2016 … Meet The Coopers could be pitched in five words: ‘Outnumbered - but with adopted kids’.
Sun 28 August 2016
© BBC/Scott Kershaw Porridge
28/08/2016 … The announcement that Porridge was to be rebooted was greeted with almost universal cynicism.
© BBC/Keiron McCarron Are You Being Served?
28/08/2016 … So this was the golden age of the sitcom? Of all the comedy greats there have been, the BBC is kicking off its celebratory season with a new episode of Are You Being…
Kirsty Newton: Life Begins at Party!
28/08/2016 … My last show in Edinburgh and a treat to myself.
Mawaan Rizwan: Gender Neutral Concubine Pirate
28/08/2016 … Confessional stand-up presented through surreal clowning, Mawaan Rizwan isn't always an easy watch.
John-Luke Roberts Builds A Monster
28/08/2016 … John-Luke Roberts has a catchphrase to describe his comedy: ‘High concept, low art.