The Great Indoors
American TV review by Steve Bennett
28/10/2016 … Is this what Stephen Fry quit QI for? His new American sitcom The Great Indoors, which launched on CBS last night, is not likely to win many critical plaudits, as…
2016 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 28 October 2016
Wed 26 October 2016
Camden Comedy Club 2nd birthday
Gig review by Steve Bennett in London
26/10/2016 … The room above the Camden Head pub in Camden has been hosting comedy for years, so it might seem odd for it to be celebrating its second birthday only now.
Tue 25 October 2016
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
25/10/2016 … Had you asked even as recently as couple of years ago which British comedian would be the subject of a feature film, surely no one would have said James Mullinger.
Mon 24 October 2016
Tony Law: A Law Undo His-elf What Welcome
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Leicester Square Theatre, London
24/10/2016 … Damn Tony Law for making my job difficult.
© BBC Gary Tank Commander Live
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Hydro, Glasgow
24/10/2016 … The Scottish embrace their home-grown sitcoms with a passion rarely seen south of the border, enabling even a relatively modest ratings-grabber like Gary Tank Commander…
Shirley Ghostman's Spooktacular
24/10/2016 … Shirley Ghostman is back from the dead – and just in time for Halloween.
Wed 19 October 2016
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.
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…