Sky Arts '...In Ireland' shorts
05/06/2016 … Sky must be pleased with the results of their latest round of comedy short films, unveiled at the Cat Laughs Festival in Kilkenny this weekend.
2016 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 05 June 2016
Thu 02 June 2016
The World Of Simon Rich
02/06/2016 … Most Radio 4 comedies come from performers who’ve bided their time on the circuit and won plaudits at Edinburgh.
Wed 01 June 2016
© Hopscotch Productions/Helen Jones Gasping
01/06/2016 … Greg Hemphill has achieved what the Daily Mail has been trying to do for years: silenced Frankie Boyle.
Thu 26 May 2016
Becoming Hattie
Theatre review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Square Theatre
26/05/2016 … There have been a lot of ‘dead comic’ plays, so it’s to her credit that writer Mhairi Grealis chooses not to offer a direct biographical run-down of the life…
Tue 24 May 2016
Rovers
24/05/2016 … A sitcom based around football was probably a no-brainer for Sky, which has built its multi-billion pound business on the sport.
© Idil Sukan/Draw HQ James Hamilton Is So Lonely
24/05/2016 … In his first solo show, James Hamilton, has created an engagingly watchable character comedy narrative – albeit one which gets rather too bogged down in its convoluted…
Mon 23 May 2016
Aidan Goatley: The Joys of Retail
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
23/05/2016 … Aidan Goatley has a degree in scriptwriting and now performs comedy.
Joseph & Stacy: Live
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
23/05/2016 … Joseph and Stacy bill themselves as the purveyors of the ‘web’s freshest sketch comedy’… though you would be forgiven for having missed…