Joe Mercer – Original Review
29/11/2016 … This tough-looking Scouse comic deals in heavy-handed wordplay.
2016 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 29 November 2016
Tom Allen: Indeed
29/11/2016 … Drenched, as always, in arch camp, Tom Allen’s eighth solo show gives the clearest picture yet of the environment which forged him.
Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year 2016
Gig review by Julia Chamberlain
29/11/2016 … A perfectly splendid night of comedy, this competition final was worth the ticket price.
Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2016 final
Gig review by Jay Richardson at The Barrowlands, Glasgow
29/11/2016 … Despite delivering one of the stronger line-ups in its ten-year history, the Scottish Comedian of the Year final couldn't be said to be a triumph for diversity,…
Wed 23 November 2016
© Vice Jamali Maddix: Hate Thy Neighbour
23/11/2016 … ‘I am just a comedian,’ says Jamali Maddix in the opening credits to Hate Thy Neighbour, amid images of burning Swastikas, guns and mob…
Thu 17 November 2016
Stewart Lee: Content Provider
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Leicester Square Theatre, London
17/11/2016 … In Content Provider, Stewart Lee's agenda is nothing less than all that’s wrong with the world in this social media age, from the insular echo-chamber…
Mon 14 November 2016
Catherine Tate Show Live
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Hammersmith Apollo
14/11/2016 … Last time I saw Catherine Tate perform her own show live was in Edinburgh’s 50-seater Pleasance Cellar 15 years ago.
Sun 13 November 2016
Sunny D
13/11/2016 … With its cast dancing in casual knitwear, Sunny D knowingly evokes The Cosby Show from the moment its opening credits start.