The Joke
Review by Steve Bennett at the Camden People's Theatre
21/05/2016 … An Englishman, a Scotsman and and Irishman walk into a room.
2016 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sat 21 May 2016
Fri 20 May 2016
No Such Thing As The News
20/05/2016 … There’s no such thing as a dull moment in BBC Two’s new topical comedy No Such Thing As The News – a look behind the headlines presented by the ‘elves’…
Lady Dynamite
20/05/2016 … ‘My show really looks like it’s finding its own voice,’ says Maria Bamford in a typical knowing reference at the end of the first episode of Lady Dynamite.
© Steve Ullathorne John Dowie at the Poetry Cafe
20/05/2016 … This is John Dowie's first gig in 14 years, and it's a low-key affair in the basement of a Central London poetry cafe.
Thu 19 May 2016
Mouse. The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought
First review of Daniel Kitson's new show
19/05/2016 … Daniel Kitson likes to do everything himself.
Wed 18 May 2016
© BBC Lenny Henry's Rogues Gallery
18/05/2016 … There’s more than a whiff of Tales Of The Unexpected about Lenny Henry’s new radio series – and as a child of the 1980s, I’m sure he wouldn’t want it any…
Tue 17 May 2016
For Little Alan
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue
17/05/2016 … Party like it’s 1994! The boys in the Pub Band are back together – and exploding into silliness.
Mon 16 May 2016
Notflix
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
16/05/2016 … Showstoppers! brought musical improv to the West End… while Notflix only serves to show how wide the gulf between rank-and-file improvisers and their starry cousins…