John Kearns: The Varnishing Days
Review of the Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner's latest show
22/06/2023 … The thing about appearing on Taskmaster, John Kearns notes, is that ‘ticket sales go up… but the laughs, they go down.
2023 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Thu 22 June 2023
Wed 21 June 2023
© C4 The Change
Review of Bridget Christie's Channel 4 comedy
21/06/2023 … Much of the advance publicity for The Change has focussed on its menopausal aspect – no surprise given the title and how rare it is for that time of life to…
Tue 20 June 2023
Janey Godley: The C Bomb
Review of the Glaswegian comic's new Radio 4 series
20/06/2023 … ‘I like to talk about the darkest parts of my life,’ says Janey Godley in her new Radio 4 series, The C Bomb.
Fri 16 June 2023
© BBC/Lingo Queen Of Oz
Review of Catherine Tate's new BBC comedy
16/06/2023 … In Queen Of Oz, Catherine Tate plays a spoiled party-girl Royal packed off to Australia to avoid being an embarrassment at home and to try to stave of republican…
Jack Whitehall: Settle Down
Review of the comic's first stand-up tour in four years
16/06/2023 … Just before the interval of his first tour in four years, Jack Whitehall confesses to always seeking any distraction to avoid having a serious conversation.
Thu 15 June 2023
© BBC Original Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Review of the episode unseen for 41 years
15/06/2023 … ‘It’s funnier than we thought it was going to be.
Tue 13 June 2023
99 Club bursary showcase 2023
Review of five female acts showcased en route to the Edinburgh Fringe
13/06/2023 … London’s 99 Club has a track record of picking winners when it comes to its bursary for female and non-binary acts making their Edinburgh Fringe debuts.
Fri 09 June 2023
Call Jonathan Pie
Review of the spoof news reporter's new BBC radio comedy
09/06/2023 … Has the BBC muted Jonathan Pie? Not directly – but the first venture into radio for Tom Walker’s disillusioned political journalist is an uneasy…