© Rhian Ap Gruffydd John Bishop: Back At It
16/09/2024 … In Back At It, John Bishop tells about doing TV shows with his pal Hugh Bonneville, massive pantomimes with Sir Ian McKellen, living out his childhood Doctor…
2024 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 16 September 2024
© Rhian Ap Gruffydd Mon 09 September 2024
Milton Jones: Ha!milton
09/09/2024 … It’s got to be a win if a comic can get a laugh from a show title alone, so kudos to Milton Jones for the brilliantly named Ha!Milton, and all the accompanying…
Tue 03 September 2024
© Matt Crockett Phil Wang: Wang In There, Baby! on Netflix
Review of his stand-up special
03/09/2024 … ‘The main difference between white people and Chinese people…’ says Phil Wang straight out of the gate, not pausing even to say ‘hello’…
Sat 31 August 2024
© David Monteith-Hodge / Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Edinburgh Fringe comedy reviews 2024
All 215 shows we saw at this year's festival
31/08/2024 … All of Chortle's Edinburgh Fringe comedy reviews for 2024.
Thu 29 August 2024
© Netflix Adam Sandler: Love You
Review of the new Netflix special
29/08/2024 … We all know Adam Sandler - king of the juvenile 1990s comedy movie – has grown up of late, and his new special, Love You, embraces that, opening with all the…
Wed 28 August 2024
Adrian Bliss: The Greatest Nobodies of History
Review of the live event to launch his book
28/08/2024 … It’s probably a good job that tickets for Adrian Bliss’s live show to launch his book The Greatest Nobodies of History came with a free copy, as his…
Tue 27 August 2024
Good Boys Good Time
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
27/08/2024 … Strange things are often afoot in the Fringe’s ultra-late slots – Mark Dean Quinn chomping his way through far too many cheese slices, for instance.
Mon 26 August 2024
Henry Rowley: Just Literally
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … How many reasons do you need to hate Henry Rowley? Young, posh and good-looking – so of course he’s been sycophantically profiled by toffs’ bible…