© Monumental Television Ghosts Christmas special
23/12/2021 … Charles Dickens knew ghosts made the perfect Christmas characters… and now the spookily successful BBC sitcom has followed suit.
2021 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Thu 23 December 2021
© Monumental Television Thu 16 December 2021
Mark Thomas: An Extra Plate
Review of the comedian's Christmas storytelling show
16/12/2021 … If you can’t do sentiment at Christmas, when can you do it? In An Extra Plate, Mark Thomas again puts his campaigning political comedy on pause to focus…
Wed 15 December 2021
Russell Howard: Lubricant and Until The Wheels Come Off
New Netflix special and documentary reviewed
15/12/2021 … They are the actions of an addict, going to extreme lengths to get their next fix.
Tue 14 December 2021
© Steve Ullathorne Leicester Square New Comedian Of The Year 2021
Final reviewed by by Steve Bennett
14/12/2021 … The dearth of gigs during lockdown seems to have had no adverse effect on new comedians learning their craft.
Fri 10 December 2021
© Vernon Nash Photography Paul Chowdhry: Family-Friendly Comedian
Review of the comic's newly extended tour
10/12/2021 … The ‘family-friendly comedian’ tag is, of course, a joke.
Tue 07 December 2021
Megan Stalter at the Soho Theatre
Review of the US comic's UK debut
07/12/2021 … Megan Stalter is a product of social media, and not just because that’s where she found her audience.
Fri 03 December 2021
String V Spitta
Review of Ed MacArthur and Kiell Smith-Bynoe's class-crossing double act
03/12/2021 … It’s the perfect idea for a chalk-and-cheese double act.
Thu 02 December 2021
Stephen Buchanan: Talking Shop
Review of the Clydebank comic at the Soho Theatre
02/12/2021 … His easy-going, personable stand-up won Stephen Buchanan the BBC New Comedy Award back in 2018.