Zainab Johnson: Live
Review of the American comic at Soho Theatre
20/11/2024 … Whatever happened to comedians being hapless, socially inept losers? Zainab Johnson is elegant, graceful and warm – a woman who seems to have her shit together…
2024 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 20 November 2024
Fri 15 November 2024
La Clique 2024
Review of the latest incarnation of the cabaret-circus spectacle
15/11/2024 … By packaging jaw-dropping circus skills with burlesque raunch, David Bates was pivotal in reinventing cabaret when he launched La Clique at the Edinburgh Fringe…
Thu 14 November 2024
© Phil McIntyre TV BBC New Comedy Award 2024
Review of the final as aired on BBC One
14/11/2024 … Given all the opportunities the BBC can afford, it’s no surprise that their New Comedy Award attracts the cream of emerging comedians – and the…
Tue 12 November 2024
Alok's Hairy Situation
Review of the comic's latest show in the West End
12/11/2024 … The promotional material for Alok Vaid-Menon’s stand-up show calls them ‘a transformative influence in contemporary art, culture, and advocacy’…
Mon 11 November 2024
Andrew White: Young, Gay And A Third Thing
11/11/2024 … Young, Gay And A Third Thing was an agent’s advice to Andrew White about how he should sell himself, reducing himself to clear classifications to be easily…
Red Richardson: Bugatti Live
11/11/2024 … There’s a section of Bugatti Live in which Red Richardson bemoans how fruitlessly time-consuming scrolling through social media can be.
Thu 07 November 2024
Juno Birch: Probed
Review of the blue alien comedian at Soho Theatre
07/11/2024 … She looks, well, out of this world, with blue face and towering peroxide beehive, dressed in wonderful 1960s-era psychedelic cropped trousers and waistcoat.
Wed 06 November 2024
Beat The Frog World Series Final 2024
Review of the climax of this year's new act competition
06/11/2024 … There surely can’t have been any votes this week with more potential to mould the future of the world than the audience poll to crown the champion of the Beat…