standup comedy
Trevor Noah: Off the Record, O2 review - welcome return to standup for the polyglot motormouthSaturday, 25 November 2023
The O2 has to be the K2 of comedy peaks: a vast ovoid drum of a place where those right at the back have to be content with watching magnified images on screens. And for a standup, there are no electric instruments to drown out the echoing acoustics... Read more... |
Michael McIntyre, Brighton Centre review - observational everymanMonday, 30 October 2023
It takes some chutzpah to do a substantial section of a comedy show in 2023 (and touring until mid-2024) that deals with your pandemic woes, but that’s Michael McIntyre for you – he has never been short of confidence. To be fair, it’s the closing... Read more... |
John Robins, touring - high anxiety can be funnyFriday, 20 October 2023
Recovery from alcoholism is now standard fare in stand-up comedy; so too are living with ADHD, OCD, depression and anxiety. It's the last of those conditions, combined with becoming sober, that 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Robins... Read more... |
Peter Kay, O2 Arena review - comeback show is worth the waitMonday, 18 September 2023
In 2017, Bolton comic Peter Kay had to cancel his planned tour because of “family circumstances”. But then, when he announced last year that he was back in the saddle, the tickets for Better Late Than Never sold like the proverbial. Well into what... Read more... |
Kate Berlant Is KATE, Soho Theatre review - glorious spoof of actory typesTuesday, 12 September 2023
The show begins before the audience troops into the theatre; the walls of the staircase leading to it are plastered with images of Kate Berlant, its writer and performer; we file past her (sitting by the doorway with a sign saying “Ignore me”) and a... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2023 review: Ahir ShahMonday, 28 August 2023
Ahir Shah, Monkey BarrelAhir Shah is a fast talker, but then in Ends – which deservedly won best show in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards – he has a lot to say. It's a show about multiculturalism, family, identity, fitting in, and encompasses modern... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Janine Harouni / Paddy Young / Ian SmithFriday, 25 August 2023
Janine Harouni, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★Names and identity feature heavily in Janine Harouni’s new show, Man’oushe, itself titled about where her family nickname comes from. Heavily pregnant (the reason why she is ending the show’s Edinburgh... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Olga Koch / Bill O'Neill / Mary O'ConnellFriday, 18 August 2023
Olga Koch Monkey Barrel ★★★★Olga Koch's opening segment deals with bisexuality and her first threesome in some decidedly evocative language. That's what turning 30 does for you, she suggests – allowing her to engage in a more adventurous... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Darran Griffiths / Louise Atkinson / Louise YoungWednesday, 16 August 2023
Darran Griffiths, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★Lots of comics talk about sex in their shows but few do so with such charm and purpose as Darran Griffiths with Inconceivable, his debut hour.The purpose is that it's about the struggle Griffiths and... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Rob Auton / Laura Davis / Matt FordeSaturday, 12 August 2023
Rob Auton, Assembly @Roxy ★★★★ Rob Auton has previously done shows around a theme – the colour yellow, hair, the sky, to name a few - because, he says, he can become a little bit obsessed with a subject. Now, though, he wants to do his most... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Amos Gill/ Lorna Rose Treen/ CrizardsThursday, 10 August 2023
Amos Gill Gilded Balloon ★★★★Amos Gill used to be a human rights lawyer and describes himself as a lefty progressive. But some of his views – or at least those delivered here to great comedic effect – might suggest otherwise. In his hour... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Krystal Evans / William Thompson / Alison SpittleWednesday, 09 August 2023
Krystal Evans, Monkey Barrel @The Hive ★★★★American comic Krystal Evans (now living in the UK) tells us she has a “resting sarcastic voice” but after five minutes in her company you realise she’s just naturally, hootingly funny. Which is a good... Read more... |
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