Jack Barry - High Treason
Now, no matter your stance on drugs there’s one reasonable reaction seeing a man in a suit covered in weed leaves. That’s second-hand embarrassment. But, it fits perfectly with the manic persona of Barry, and […]
Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Athena Kublenu - KMT
Athena Kublenu is sure to find herself a firm audience after KMT’s dry witted attack on popular culture. The show is an insight into Kublenu’s apathetic mind, which refuses to give into hyperbolic outrage. It […]
Colin Hoult / Anna Mann in How We Stop the Fascists
There’s honestly nothing I could say about How We Stop the Fascists that I didn’t say when reviewing Hoult’s last outing as Anna Man, A Sketch Show for Depressives. I loved that show and I […]
Goose - Amphetawaltz
You know what the problem with relying on the crowd too much is? The crowd aren’t funny people. The crowd are ordinary people who’ve come to see funny people. This simple fact is the knife […]
Paul Currie - Cats in my Mouth
Paul Currie feels like he doesn’t belong in 2017. Not because being relentlessly cheery seems to be have been banned for the last eight months. Not because his stage attire and beard make him look […]
Rhys James - Wiseboy
Last time I saw Rhys James I said I was sure he’d get better, and I thought he was great last time I saw him. It’s wonderful to be able to say I was right […]
David Trent: Here’s Your Future - Sean Patton: Number One - Chris Chopping: Premature Emasculation
David Trent: Here’s Your Future The first time I was treated to the David Trent experience, I found a comedian excellently adept at disseminating chosen targets for all their follies, contradictions and the crassness of […]
Pat Cahill: The Fisherman - Darren Harriot: Defiant - Muriel: Badmaster
Pat Cahill - The Fisherman Any show that contains a segment dedicated to a character only known as “the dog of instant gratification” is instantly worth a watch. It’s also relieving then that Pat Cahill’s […]
Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert - Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Game Shows - Alfie Brown
Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert Ed Byrne is such a likable presence that it feels difficult to admit his new show Spoiler Alert is nothing that spectacular, but there’s nothing that memorable this time around. Byrne’s […]
John Hastings - Audacity
John Hastings is in love and he wants to tell us all about it, we get an a hour of comedy that is very funny albeit often only loosely linked with love. With over a […]
