Jason John Whitehead: The Joker
01/08/2008 … Jason John Whitehead holds no truck with the idea that an Edinburgh show needs a strong theme or message – indeed, he admits he wants his audiences to leave thinking…
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 01 August 2008
Seven Sins
01/08/2008 … This show is enormous fun, especially if you like your comedy slick, camp and joyously performed.
Thu 24 July 2008
Grainne Maguire – Original Review
24/07/2008 … Relative newcomer Grainne Maguire hails from Navan, the Irish town that has already produced Tommy Tiernan and Dylan Moran – but she’s her work cut out to reach…
© Idil Sukan/Draw HQ Katherine Ryan – Original Review
24/07/2008 … The brash, almost shrill, Katherine Ryan may be from Canada, but owes her perky persona to West Coast America.
© Steve Ullathorne Pippa Evans – Original Review
24/07/2008 … Character comic Pippa Evans most often performs as scarily intense singer-songwriter Loretta Maine.
Girl & Dean – Original Review
24/07/2008 … Girl & Dean are an almost defiantly old-school sketch double-act, starting with a skit that could almost have appeared in any undistinguished university revue of…
Sarah Campbell – Original Review
24/07/2008 … Sarah Campbell talks about being middle-class and a lesbian, brought up so she has to ask the audience: ‘I’m gay, does anybody mind about that?’ Not only do…
Sat 19 July 2008
Stephen Merchant – Original Review
19/07/2008 … Though famous – and wealthy – for The Office and Extras, Stephen Merchant has quietly been honing a stand-up set of his own, making increasingly frequent appearances…