Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle: Series 4 Episode 1
03/03/2016 … Accused of intellectual snobbery, Stewart Lee hits back, pointing out that it’s a valid performance device, under the theatrical technique of Brechtian alienation.
2016 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Thu 03 March 2016
Wed 02 March 2016
Fri 26 February 2016
Hosptial People
26/02/2016 … Have they learned nothing? BBC One are giving airtime to another dodgy, oddly-dressed DJ who likes to hang around hospitals… After years entertaining Edinburgh…
Sun 21 February 2016
Carl Jones and Nina Gilligan
21/02/2016 … There are two works in progress in this double bill, and both could do with some more work to progress, to a greater or lesser degree.
Chris McIlroy Presents The Legend Of Davey Kelly
21/02/2016 … For his solo debut, Chris McIlroy has certainly unearthed a cracking story from the criminal archives of 1960s Belfast.
Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2016
21/02/2016 … The penultimate night of Leicester's three-week comedy love-in means it's time for the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, the traditional beginning of the…
Lucy Roper: InappROPERiate
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival
21/02/2016 … You’ll have already spotted the name-based pun in the title InappROPERiate, but a more accurate one might be Lucy Roperrrrr, as this is an agonisingly hesitant…
Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2016
Gig review by Marissa Burgess at the Y Theatre, Leicester
21/02/2016 … The penultimate night of Leicester's three-week comedy love-in means it's time for the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, the traditional beginning…