2017 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 11 January 2017
Lion's Den Comedy Club's 10th birthday
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Bar Rumba, London
11/01/2017 … London open-mic club The Lion’s Den celebrated its 10th birthday last night, with what had been intended as something of a gala, bringing back a ‘best of’…
Mon 09 January 2017
Impractical Jokers 'Santiago Sent Us' tour, starring The Tenderloins
Review by Steve Bennett at the O2, London
09/01/2017 … In Impractical Jokers, New York comedy troupe The Tenderloins invigorate the prank TV format with the teasing laddish banter you can only really get with four friends…
Sat 07 January 2017
Leicester Comedy Festival preview show 2017
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the De Montfort Hall
07/01/2017 … Jason Byrne is a comedian who always has a bottomless capacity to be amused by his audience, leaping on every interjection to make out they are the ‘maddest crowd…
Wed 04 January 2017
© UKTV We Have Been Watching
04/01/2017 … Earlier today the Gold channel released some vacuous PR guff about Fawlty Towers being the favourite sitcom among comedians.
Tue 03 January 2017
© BBC/Hat Trick Revolting
03/01/2017 … YouTube has created a battalion of DIY pranksters – usually more irritating than amusing –and hidden camera stunts remain a rather too frequent go-to format…
Sun 01 January 2017
Tom Gleeson: Ginger Ninja
01/01/2017 … Tom Gleeson is clearly a comic with experience, talent and a high profile back home in Australia.
Pat Condell: Faith, Hope & Sanity
01/01/2017 … Pat Condell is an all-too rare visitor to the stand-up circuit these days.