Sky's Summer Comedy Shorts
30/06/2017 … Morgana Robinson’s Summer: Dream Land If you think the short format of Sky’s sporadic seasonal offerings would lead to an essentially sketch-based…
2017 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 30 June 2017
Josie Long and Liam Williams in Perimeter
Radio preview by Steve Bennett
30/06/2017 … Radio 4’ s Dangerous Visions series of dystopian stories has given comedians a couple of bits of work.
Thu 29 June 2017
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Underbelly Festival, London
29/06/2017 … So the lady IS for turning….
Thu 22 June 2017
© C4 Host The Week
22/06/2017 … The premise of Host The Week is that the guest presenter hasn't a clue what’s going on.
Wed 21 June 2017
Zazu: Raisins To Stay Alive
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Soho Theatre, London
21/06/2017 … When Zazu first emerged a few years ago, they seemed a pale imitation of This Is Jinsy, set on a similarly isolated island with a cast of crackpots in thrall to…
Sat 17 June 2017
Dylan Brody's Driving Hollywood
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Canal Cafe, London
17/06/2017 … Dylan Brody is a humorist, so often a euphemism for ‘comedian who’s not quite funny enough’.
Fri 16 June 2017
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
Gig review by Steve Bennett at The New Theatre, Oxford
16/06/2017 … Ricky Gervais has never encountered a sensibility he won’t stomp on, a trait that’s earned him a reputation as an offensive comic – and not…
Suki Webster's Guest Speaker
Gig review by Steve Bennett at The Miller, London Bridge
16/06/2017 … Dedicated improv venues are springing up all over the county, although it still seems like a form that, like poetry, has more practitioners than consumers.