standup comedy
Janine Harouni, Soho Theatre review - families and surviving themSaturday, 25 October 2025
Write about what you know, they say. And just as her previous show was about imminent motherhood (she performed the show while heavily pregnant) now Janine Harouni brings us This Is What You Waited For, which is about – you’ve guessed it – being a... Read more... |
Emma Doran, Leicester Square Theatre review - domestic life laid bareWednesday, 29 October 2025
The Irish diaspora in London were out in force for Emma Doran’s appearance at Leicester Square Theatre. Her online work and her appearance on Amazon Prime Video's LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland has gained her a huge fanbase in Ireland and... Read more... |
Bryony Kimmings, Soho Theatre Walthamstow review - captivating tale of the cycle of lifeTuesday, 21 October 2025
Bryony Kimmings’ new show – her first in five years – was created to celebrate the opening of Soho Walthamstow, the previously neglected Art Deco beauty that’s now one of London’s shiniest venues. She uses every bit of its vast stage to great... Read more... |
The Free Association launch review - strong start for improv companyMonday, 20 October 2025
It’s always good to welcome the opening of a new arts venue, and sadly it doesn’t happen too often in the current economic climate. But bucking the trend is The Free Association, an improv comedy troupe who have been plying their trade in various... Read more... |
Nick Helm, Touring review - brash comic shows his vulnerable sideWednesday, 01 October 2025
Comedy is strange old thing; it’s supposed to be funny ha-ha, but the laughs can often come from a dark place, as evidenced by Nick Helm’s latest show (which I saw at the Arts Depot in London). His mental health has been a backdrop to previous show... Read more... |
Kerry Godliman, G-Live review - she's livid but delivers the laughsTuesday, 23 September 2025
Kerry Godliman is livid, she tells us. Spider webs catching in her hair, the state of the world, her teenage children; you name it, they – and much, much more – irritate her. But she’s hoping it’s a temporary state, as she puts her current maelstrom... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Cat Cohen / Lachlan Werner / KC ShornimaMonday, 18 August 2025
Cat Cohen, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★★In Broad Strokes Cat Cohen paints a fascinating picture of events leading up to the stroke that could have killed her. Thankfully three years on she is now fully recovered – and from near tragedy... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Emmanuel Sonubi / Joz NorrisSaturday, 16 August 2025
Emmanuel Sonubi, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★This show – Life After Near Death – is not about dying, it is about living, Emmanuel Sonubi tells us. Well, actually it’s about both, as in his case he nearly died of heart failure but,... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Eric Rushton / Bella HullThursday, 14 August 2025
Eric Rushton, Monkey Barrel ★★★★ Everything about Eric Rushton is lo-fi. His delivery, his movement about the stage, his interactions with the audience. Even the subject matter of this show – mental health, lost love – is low-key. Yet with... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Lily Blumkin / Shamik ChakrabartiTuesday, 12 August 2025
Lily Blumkin, Gilded Balloon @ Patter House ★★★ Lily Blumkin has always planned to be a big-time comic, she tells us. So when her parents downsized and asked her to clear out her childhood bedroom, she went through her stuff –... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Desiree Burch / Andy ParsonsMonday, 11 August 2025
Desiree Burch, Monkey Barrel ★★★★Desiree Burch is a bundle of energy as she comes on stage and gives us a warning about the subterranean venue she’s in. It’ll get hot, the Taskmaster favourite tells us – but maybe that’s just her as she going... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews - Lily Phillips / Ayoade BamgboyeSaturday, 09 August 2025
Lily Phillips, Monkey Barrel ★★★★Lily Phillips is keen to tell us at the top of her show that she’s not that Lily Phillips. There’s no OnlyFans content in Crying but, dealing as it does with her experience of having a baby, it’s graphic in a... Read more... |
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