Alan Partridge: Stratagem
Review of Steve Coogan's new live tour
29/04/2022 … The key to Alan Partridge’s longevity – besides Steve Coogan’s incredible immersion in the creation – is that he’s so perfectly gauche…
2022 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 29 April 2022
Thu 28 April 2022
Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow
28/04/2022 … Lou Sanders has turned skittishness into a career, and her new tour, Wow, is another typically nervy overshare of her insecurities.
© Rob Youngson Ten Percent
Review of Amazon's British remake of Call My Agent!
28/04/2022 … The big question over the British remake of Call My Agent is why? The result is a jaunty comedy-drama about showbusiness agents, not quite as good nor as stylish…
Tue 26 April 2022
Barry Humphries: The Man Behind The Mask
Review of the comedy legend's 'audience with'-style tour
26/04/2022 … As Covid masks are widely discarded, Barry Humphries offers a reflective peek at the ‘recovering comedian’ behind the metaphorical masks he dons for…
Mon 25 April 2022
© Big Talk/BBC Peacock
Review of the new BBC Three comedy with Allan ‘Seapa’ Mustafa and Steve Stamp
25/04/2022 … Andy Peacock is a thirtysomething personal trainer coming to realise the emptiness of his no-strings-attached lifestyle.
Hot Brown Honey
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
25/04/2022 … Prepare for some ‘fierce fem energy,’ we’re promised at the start of this bawdy hip-hop-infused cabaret – and that’s exactly what they…
Sun 24 April 2022
Vidya Rajan: Respawn
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
24/04/2022 … Vidya Rajan frames this show in terms of reincarnation, jokingly suggesting it’s some ‘cultural thing’ to lure in liberals guilty about comedy’s…
Sami Shah: Unappreciated
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
24/04/2022 … Celebrating ten years as an Australian citizen, Sami Shah still views the nation with an outsider’s eye.