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Sophie’s Surprise 29th review – thrilling birthday bash of circus and cabaret
There are shocks aplenty as daredevils perform death-defying acts hair-raisingly close to the audience
Brian Logan
29, Apr, 2024 @12:02 PM
Romesh Ranganathan review – misanthropic midlife everyman wears his world-weariness well
Ranganathan’s Hustle delivers laughs, but not the shock of the new. It is at its best when we glimpse something meaningful beneath the standard-issue curmudgeonliness
Brian Logan
28, Apr, 2024 @10:00 AM
Doctor Brown: Beturns review – the original clown prince in total control
Phil Burgers made clowning hip after winning the Edinburgh comedy award in 2012. Now older, if not wiser, his new show is a little undercooked, but his skill as a performer is undeniable
Brian Logan
26, Apr, 2024 @11:56 AM
With her Netflix comedy special Autistic Bikini Queen, Fern Brady is a cynic to savour
The huge success of her memoir has turbocharged the Scottish comedian’s career, with midlife, Catholicism and marriage in her withering sights
Brian Logan
23, Apr, 2024 @3:07 PM
‘It’s been a thrill!’ My first time at the mind-boggling Melbourne comedy festival
At the world’s biggest barrel of laughs, Hannah Gadsby, John Kearns and Rose Matafeo rub shoulders with homegrown stars-in-the-making. Our writer has the time of his life
Brian Logan
19, Apr, 2024 @3:26 PM
Monét X Change: Life Be Lifein’ review – Drag Race champ’s fabulous rise to fame
The star’s stage presence is impressive as she charts the journey from her religious upbringing to her first sexual encounters and becoming an adored icon
Brian Logan
21, Mar, 2024 @4:00 PM
Leslie Liao review – heard the one about the Netflix staffer turned standup?
In a lively but disjointed show, the comedian – who used to work in HR for the streamer – delivers routines on office life, dating apps and 90s R&B
Brian Logan
20, Mar, 2024 @8:00 PM
Robby Hoffman review – New Yorker unleashes her nerd-jock shtick
Snarling at the audience and cracking cynical jokes, Hoffman’s intriguing faux-boorish persona wears thin, undermining her subversively funny riffs
Brian Logan
13, Mar, 2024 @2:16 PM
Leigh Francis: My First Time review – cacophonously unfunny with the emphasis on cack
The comic revives Avid Merrion, Keith Lemon and others in a scatological set of unimaginative jokes
Brian Logan
11, Mar, 2024 @6:00 AM
Jerrod Carmichael is a superb standup – if only he’d stop checking his phone on stage
The US comedian, who won an Emmy for the remarkable 2022 special Rothaniel, makes a bemusing visit to London
Brian Logan
08, Mar, 2024 @10:49 AM
Catherine Bohart: Again, With Feelings review – firecracker of an hour is her best yet
The Irish comedian refines gossip to a high art in a big-hitting show packed with whipsmart jokes about the panic of settling down in your 30s
Brian Logan
07, Mar, 2024 @10:43 AM
Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here review – top surgery becomes a family affair
With fine one-liners, the crowd-pleasing east Midlander traces their relationship with their parents in a touching show
Brian Logan
29, Feb, 2024 @6:33 PM
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