Shirley & Shirley: Not Just A One Night Stand
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Museum Of Comedy
19/10/2016 … In their preamble, Shirley & Shirley promise characters, sketches and something called ‘scene studies’, which seems a bit drama-schooly.
2016 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 19 October 2016
Mon 17 October 2016
Prevenge
17/10/2016 … Prevenge was screened in the ‘laughs’ comedy strand of the London Film Festival, but the humour in Alice Lowe’s directorial debut most definitely…
Don't Think Twice
17/10/2016 … Don’t Think Twice is as accurate a portrayal as you’ll see of comedians’ psyches; but it’s also a touching and funny look at anyone delaying the onset of…
Sun 16 October 2016
Josie Long: Something Better
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre
16/10/2016 … Today brings another barrage of worrying anti-foreigner rhetoric from the Conservative Party conference, another reminder of how the monster unleashed by the Brexit…
Sat 15 October 2016
Hans Teeuwen: Real Rancour
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Dome
15/10/2016 … What to make of Hans Teeuwen? The Dutchman’s angry, absurd nihilism has made him an influential force among those who enjoy stand-up as an artform, driven by the…
Fri 14 October 2016
Ross Noble: Brain Dump
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Swan, High Wycombe
14/10/2016 … He wanted to tell us something about feminism, but true to the form of the past 20-plus years, Ross Noble got distracted.
Sat 08 October 2016
© BBC Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2016
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Glee, Birmingham
08/10/2016 … Once they had all performed, it was clear that that Birmingham Comedy Festival’s Breaking Talent Award was a two-horse race.
Fri 07 October 2016
© BBC/Robert Pereira-Hind The return of Still Game
07/10/2016 … The BBC continues to plunder its own back catalogue for the next mainstream sitcom hit.