White Gold
24/05/2017 … Men behaving badly in a period piece? White Gold could be the British answer to Mad Men… or the Wolf Of Wall Street? The Wolf of Westcliff, perhaps, given…
2017 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 24 May 2017
Mon 22 May 2017
Robin Morgan: Free Man
Brighton Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
22/05/2017 … Robin Morgan is stuck in a very crowded genre: Another mid-30s, middle-class, low-status, slightly camp, slightly geeky beta male recounting tales entirely about…
Sun 21 May 2017
Dead Puppet Society
Brighton Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
21/05/2017 … Dead Puppet Society often feels like it’s strayed from the children’s section of the Brighton Fringe programme.
Sat 20 May 2017
Jamie Scott Gordon: In Debt We Trust
Brighton Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
20/05/2017 … It’s billed as a fusion of stand-up, cabaret and documentary about the ‘social anthropology’ of debt.
Fri 19 May 2017
Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive
19/05/2017 … Being in a near-fatal car crash changes people.
Thu 18 May 2017
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 Manwatching
Review by Steve Bennett at the Royal Court Theatre, London
18/05/2017 … I can’t tell you who wrote Manwatching, or even who stars in it.
Wed 17 May 2017
Croft & Pearce Are Not Themselves
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Museum Of Comedy, London
17/05/2017 … Croft & Pearce may not be themselves, but it doesn’t feel like they are too far from some of their creations, in a sketch show predominantly based around…
Fri 12 May 2017
Lachlan Werner: Belly Talk (A Language of Love)
Brighton Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
12/05/2017 … You can’t fault Lachlan Werner’s ambition to elevate his ventriloquist act into a more theatrical experience.