© ITV The Stand Up Sketch Show
28/01/2019 … Oddly, ITV2’s new way of presenting stand-up appears to have come from someone with no faith in stand-up at all.
2019 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 28 January 2019
© ITV Sun 27 January 2019
Fool Britanna
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Vault Festival, London
27/01/2019 … The upper-class twits formerly known as The Establishment are now called Fool Britannia, and running an anarchic school not far from the Bash Street Kids.
Sat 26 January 2019
Lost Voice Guy: I'm Only In It For The Parking
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
26/01/2019 … ‘Don’t expect the sweet and innocent comedian from Britain’s Got Talent,’ says Lost Voice Guy Lee Ridley, winner of last year’s competition.
Mon 21 January 2019
Sandi Toksvig Live! National Trevor
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Royal Festival Hall, London
21/01/2019 … Charming, witty, curious and chirpy, Sandi Toksvig might be on many people’s lists of ideal dinner party guests.
Thu 17 January 2019
Daniel Kitson: Keep
Review by Steve Bennett at the Battersea Arts Centre
17/01/2019 … Marie Kondo might be at the peak of the zeitgeist with her Netflix series about decluttering, but it is not a concept Daniel Kitson has any truck with.
Sat 12 January 2019
Comedians Of The World – Loyiso Madinga: A Long Way From My Village
Netflix special reviewed by Steve Bennett
12/01/2019 … I’d be surprised if any comedian in this Netflix series performed a longer act-out than Loyiso Madinga, as he illustrates why he doesn’t like house music…
Comedians Of The World – Loyiso Gola: The African African
Netflix special reviewed by Steve Bennett
12/01/2019 … An intelligent observer of the world, Loyiso Gola makes barbed comments about white privilege in a dozen different ways over the course of his Netflix half-hour.
Comedians Of The World – Tumi Morake: (Un)Domestic Issues
Netflix special reviewed by Steve Bennett
12/01/2019 … Like many comedians in this series, Tumi Morake opens by saying how happy she is to be at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival, where a lot of the specials…