The Luke McQueen Pilots: Sex With My Father
12/09/2018 … After a disappointing opening episode that failed to make its mark among so many other awkward mockumentaries, the second of Luke McQueen’s supposedly aborted…
2018 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 12 September 2018
Mon 10 September 2018
Kevin Bridges: The Brand New Tour
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo
10/09/2018 … At 31, Kevin Bridges might still seem too young to be doing nostalgia humour.
Fri 07 September 2018
Andy Kindler: The Ugly America Tour
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
07/09/2018 … Night after night, Andy Kindler goes out and destroys… his own career, that is.
Thu 06 September 2018
Amused Moose Comedy National New Comics Finalists Showcase
Review by Steve Bennett at the Sanctum Soho Hotel
06/09/2018 … It’s like a new act final without the pressure of competition.
Wed 05 September 2018
© BBC/Talkback The Luke McQueen Pilots: Britain’s Hidden Vampire Crisis
05/09/2018 … Luke McQueen has earned a reputation for fearless, often confrontational, stand-up, with unpredictable talking-point stunts becoming the hallmark of his Edinburgh…
© Nathan Cox Early Doors
Theatre review by Steve Bennett at The Lowry, Salford
05/09/2018 … It’s been 14 years since BBC Two called last orders on Early Doors, the low-key pub-based comedy which may have been critically acclaimed, but which never…
Tue 04 September 2018
The Comedy Lineup Season 2
Netflix series reviewed by Steve Bennett
04/09/2018 … As Andy Warhol surely meant to say: 'In the future, everyone will have a Netflix special for 15 minutes.
Mon 27 August 2018
League Of Gentlemen Live Again!
Tour review by Steve Bennett at the Sunderland Empire
27/08/2018 … With this comeback tour, the League Of Gentlemen cement their status as the Monty Python of the 21st century; another troupe who outgrew their cult, spawning memorable…