Doug Stanhope at Brixton Academy
08/06/2018 … He's a ferocious comic who's built a reputation on being unapologetic.
2018 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 08 June 2018
Tue 05 June 2018
Phil Ellis Is Trying
05/06/2018 … The general fashion is for comedies to be about some underlying theme, or offering some insightful personal perspective.
Sunday Service With Ola
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Hospital Club, London
05/06/2018 … As befitting its title, Ola’s Sunday Service appropriates the trappings of a religious ceremony, not least the order of service handed out to the ‘congregation’…
Mon 04 June 2018
The Maydays: The Fringe Show
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Fringe
04/06/2018 … One thing we learn from The Maydays take on the Brighton Fringe programme is just how turgid and pretentious some of the shows on offer sound, just from their own…
Leicester Square Theatre’s Old Comedian Of The Year 2018
04/06/2018 … Are the old ones the best? That’s what Leicester Square Theatre’s Old Comedian Of The Year competition aims to find out… even if 35, the minimum…
Sun 03 June 2018
Sex & Pugs & Rock & LOLs
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
03/06/2018 … They are a little rough around the edges – and pug fans taken in by the marketing may be disappointed at the scant mention of the breed – but…
Sat 02 June 2018
The DredgeLand Podcast Spectacular.
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Fringe
02/06/2018 … John Dredge and Andy Harland are clearly steeped in radio comedy history, with their quirky DredgeLand Podcast Spectacular having loud echoes of many great shows…
Fri 01 June 2018
Vladimir McTavish: 25 Years of Stand-Up
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Fringe
01/06/2018 … Vladimir McTavish invites us to look how far he’s come in his quarter-century on the comedy circuit: he’s flown down from his Edinburgh home to play…