standup comedy
Jenny Eclair, touringWednesday, 31 October 2012
Among the many things Jenny Eclair does these days - writing novels, panto, appearing on television in various guises - she has found time to go back on the road with Eclairious. TV hasn't curbed her deliciously potty mouth, thank goodness, and even... Read more... |
Jack Dee, Edinburgh PlayhouseTuesday, 30 October 2012
“When I was a teenager even I had a period when apparently I was quite morose,” Jack Dee tells the Edinburgh crowd, his hangdog features projecting various extremes of existential agony. “But, hey, I got through it." This may be Dee’s first standup... Read more... |
Russell Kane, Hammersmith ApolloMonday, 29 October 2012
For the past few years Russell Kane has mined much of his comedy from his fraught relationship with his father, now dead. It's a neat twist then to postulate his latest show, Posturing Delivery, on his relationship with "Ivan", Kane's entirely... Read more... |
Shappi Khorsandi, Soho TheatreFriday, 19 October 2012
If the first rule of being a novelist is to write about what you know, then the first rule of comedy is to be yourself. And in that respect Shappi Khorsandi starts with an advantage, as being herself means she's warm and likeable and the audience... Read more... |
Greg Davies, touringSaturday, 13 October 2012
Greg Davies strolls onstage to the sound of Fatboy Slim’s remix of Wildchild’s “Renegade Master”, the “44 year old renegade master,” as he drily observes. From there he initially dwells on middle age and the way his stomach has expanded. His manner... Read more... |
Danny Bhoy, Bloomsbury TheatreThursday, 11 October 2012
Danny Bhoy is big in Scotland and Canada and huge Down Under, as they say, but is a surprisingly unfamiliar name to many. I'm not sure, other than a lack of a television presence, why he's not as well-known throughout the UK as he should be: he's an... Read more... |
Kevin Bridges, Hammersmith ApolloMonday, 01 October 2012
Kevin Bridges, an affable young Glaswegian, has had a meteoric rise in comedy. He started gigging at 17, made his solo Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2009, where he played in a 50-seater and earned an Edinburgh Comedy Awards newcomer nomination, and... Read more... |
Michael McIntyre, O2 ArenaThursday, 27 September 2012
First a confession: I've never been a great fan of Michael McIntyre. He's a nice bloke for sure, works at his craft and is a slick performer with a huge following, both live and on television. Plus - and this is one of the best compliments I can pay... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe: James Acaster/David Trent/Daniel Simonsen/Ben TargetSaturday, 25 August 2012
James Acaster: Prompt, Pleasance Courtyard *** James Acaster has certainly been studying his craft since he made his Fringe debut with an unmemorable show last year, and it shows in Prompt. Lots of comedy tropes are utilised, some of them to... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe: Tony LawFriday, 24 August 2012
Tony Law: Maximum Noonsense, The Stand Tony Law, Canadian by way of Trinidad and Tobago, has been kicking around the comedy circuit for several years with a style of madcap humour that many have delighted in but others have found self-... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe: I, Tommy/Josie Long/WitTankTuesday, 21 August 2012
I, Tommy, Gilded Balloon **** Everybody will be familiar with Tommy Sheridan's story, and not necessarily because they closely follow Scottish politics at their most internecine. Rather because the Glaswegian socialist went from being barely a... Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe: Jigsy/Pappy's/Joe LycettSunday, 19 August 2012
Jigsy, Assembly Rooms **** Les Dennis may have started his career as a comic, and then as a presenter of cheesy, family-friendly television game shows, but of late he has been plying his trade as a very decent actor. And so it proves again in... Read more... |
