Beat The Frog World Series Final 2022
Review of the annual new act showcase
09/11/2022 … Whatever happens at the American midterms, it seems people just can’t be trusted with democracy.
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 09 November 2022
Mon 07 November 2022
Russell Kane Live: The Essex Variant!
07/11/2022 … Audiences don’t want to hear about Covid, Russell Kane was told, but to him, lockdown feels too big and too urgent not to talk about.
Thu 03 November 2022
© C4 The Horne Section TV Show
Review of Alex Horne's attempts to escape from the Taskmaster's shadow...
03/11/2022 … One of the many great running jokes in Taskmasker is Alex Horne’s utter lack of authority and status on the very show he created: not so much playing second…
Wed 02 November 2022
BBC New Comedy Award 2022 final
Review of the live gig in Cardiff
02/11/2022 … The final of this year’s BBC New Comedy Award may have been in Cardiff - kicking off its year as the Corporation’s City of Comedy – but the comedians…
Thu 27 October 2022
© BBC The Love Box in Your Living Room
Review of Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse’s tribute to 100 years of the BBC
27/10/2022 … Anyone who remembers The Story Of The Twos, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse’s marvellous lampooning of 50 years of BBC Two programming from a few years back,…
Dara O Briain: So... Where Were We?
Review of the now former Mock The Week host on tour
27/10/2022 … Given its seismic global impact, it’s no surprise that the Covid pandemic simulated so much stand-up, good and bad.
Wed 26 October 2022
Scott Bennett: Great Scott
26/10/2022 … ‘The comedy industry doesn’t think I’m cool,’ says Scott Bennett, more as a statement of fact than a lament.
Mon 24 October 2022
Marc Maron: This May Be The Last Time
Review of the US comic in London
24/10/2022 … There were two US comedians/insanely successful podcasters in London town this weekend, but they couldn’t be more different.