Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons
21/09/2024 … Expectations aren’t necessarily high for the debut comedy tour of a man who made his name doing backing dancing on TikTok, however many musical A-listers have…
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Thu 19 September 2024
Ben Elton: Authentic Stupidity
19/09/2024 … Ben Elton is well aware of his evolution from the politicised firebrand who was the public face of 1980s alternative comedy to elder statesman of the stand-up scene,…
Mon 16 September 2024
© 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…
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…