Mel Byron: Standing At The Back
30/05/2022 … Mel Byron is a gregarious, instantly likeable presence who feels at home on stage – so it comes as no surprise she has a parallel career training people…
2022 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 30 May 2022
Snowflake
30/05/2022 … The blurb promises ‘truly bewildering comedy performance art’ – and the emphasis should definitely lie on the ‘bewildering’ part.
What Women Want!
Brighton Fringe stand-up review
30/05/2022 … What women want is apparently a good job in Dubai – as that’s what Kimberley Datnow, the female half of this intended two-hander, is doing instead of…
An Audience With Stuart Bagcliffe
30/05/2022 … Ignore the billing that this is a ‘comedic one-man show’: that sets false expectations of what to expect, especially for a play staged in a stand-up…
Fri 27 May 2022
© Manuel Harlan The Unfriend
Review of Steven Moffat's new comedy play with Reece Shearsmith, Amanda Abbington and Frances Barber
27/05/2022 … Steven Moffat is best known as the showrunner on Doctor Who, Sherlock and Dracula – but those with longer memories will remember the ensemble twentysomething…
Thu 26 May 2022
© Channel 4 Big Boys
Review of Jack Rooke's Channel 4 comedy
26/05/2022 … In keeping with TV comedy trends, Big Boys is a thoroughly authentic story drawn from the real life of its creator – in this case comedian Jack Rooke’s…
Tue 24 May 2022
© Netflix Ricky Gervais: Supernature
Review of his new Netflix special
24/05/2022 … ‘Comedy evolves,’ Ricky Gervais tells his SuperNature audience as he explains the nature of stand-up.
Fri 20 May 2022
Athena Kugblenu: Shaking Her Class
20/05/2022 … Class will be a cornerstone of British comedy as long as it’s also a cornerstone of British society – which is to say, forever.