Taskmaster series 10
15/10/2020 … Channel 4’s task in poaching Dave’s best programme was simple: don’t screw it up.
2020 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Thu 15 October 2020
Wed 14 October 2020
Urban Myths: When Joan Kissed Barbra
14/10/2020 … Katherine Ryan’s acerbic stand-up has been compared to Joan Rivers so often that it was surely a no-brainer to cast her as the younger version of her comedy…
Wed 07 October 2020
Urban Myths: Les Dawson’s Parisienne Adventure
07/10/2020 … It might be under half an hour long, but this nimbly witty film is both a fitting tribute and charming biopic of one of Britain’s best-loved comics.
Fri 25 September 2020
© Ellis O'Brien/Phil McIntyre Televisio Stand Up For Live Comedy
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the taping of BBC's new stand-up showcase
25/09/2020 … This may not the confined, intimate venue where stand-up works at its very best, but this is not a bad way to watch socially distanced comedy, in a chilled-out…
© Stuart Hogben Greenwich Comedy Festival with Josh Widdicombe
25/09/2020 … Residents of Greenwich in South London have become used to a giant marquee popping up in the grounds of the historic National Maritime Museum each September, attracting…
Wed 23 September 2020
Funny Women Final 2020
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Comedy Store, London
23/09/2020 … It’s a given that every gig is weird now, so spare a thought for the newer acts in the final of the Funny Women stage award this year.
Mon 21 September 2020
© Monumental Television Ghosts Series 2
21/09/2020 … It’s been more than a year since Ghosts were on our screens - but it seems like they have never been away, such is the way these spooks from down the ages…
Picnic At The Castle with Phil Wang and others
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Warwick Castle
21/09/2020 … Goodness knows that there aren’t exactly many benefits to the Covid restrictions which have clobbered live comedy so brutally.