Jen Brister: The Optimist
Review of the comedian's tour show in Glasgow
07/10/2022 … If Jen Brister’s show title is laced with the thickest of irony, then no one told the amorous couple in her front row last night – although it only exacerbated…
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Fri 07 October 2022
Wed 05 October 2022
Louis CK at Wembley Arena
05/10/2022 … The last time Louis CK tried to play the UK in 2019, his gigs got pulled almost as soon as they were announced, so intense was the backlash to the…
Tue 04 October 2022
© C4 I Hate You
Review of Robert Popper's new Channel 4 comedy
04/10/2022 … Robert Popper has been writing comedy a long time, peaking, so far, with Friday Night Dinner, the unlikely adventures of two twentysomething idiot brothers,…
Mon 03 October 2022
© Steve Ullathorne Funny Women final 2022
Review of this year's female comedy showcase
03/10/2022 … It was a secret vote from industry judges, but Lorna Rose Treen’s victory in this year’s Funny Women final must surely have been a landslide.
Thu 29 September 2022
Daniel Howell: We Are All Doomed
Review of the YouTube star's stand-up tour
29/09/2022 … The London Palladium is busy tonight, but the bar is doing slow business.
Wed 28 September 2022
© Steve Ullathorne Stewart Lee: Basic Lee
Review of the comic's new stand-up show at Leicester Square Theatre
28/09/2022 … It’s a reviewers’ cliché to call something a masterclass of comedy, but Stewart Lee’s latest show is almost literally that, as he gives…
Tue 27 September 2022
© Baby Cow The Train
Review of the new digital short from the mind of Lucy Pearman
27/09/2022 … In her live work, Lucy Pearman has a reputation for slightly bonkers comedy – which she neatly parlayed into the real-ish world via her trippy BBC Three pilot…
© BBC/Hat Trick Stuck
Review of Dylan Moran's new BBC comedy
27/09/2022 … Maybe it’s a throwback to the domestic imprisonment of the past couple of years, but the stagnation of long-term relationships seems to be a growing trend…