Holly Walsh’s show is called Never Had it, in honour of the fact that while some people – from Desmond Tutu to Barack Obama – have ‘it’, that special, cool X Factor, Walsh thinks she is seriously... more
Reviews
When I first saw Jack Dee’s Help Desk onstage in Edinburgh last summer I wrote that this comedy agony uncle format was clearly a TV show-in-waiting. The surprising thing is that the BBC is trying it... more
James Freedman’s pitch is pretty straightforward. He surely has his eye on becoming the Derren Brown of showbiz pickpockets. His performance in Man of Steal is a showcase for some pretty amazing... more
The Musical Comedy Awards Final always throws up an interesting line-up and this year’s final was no exception. After silver-quiffed compere Rob Deering’s high-energy warm-up - I love his acid house-... more
It’s one of those things where you go “this is so brilliant why didn’t they do it earlier?”. Matt Berry has been pretty famous in a culty way for his booming matinee idol voice ever since he played... more
Dancing for 24 hours? What a twat. It’s easy to be cynical about Comic Relief. From the bathfuls of baked beans to celebrities raising their profiles for charity there is much to knock about it. But... more
Stephen K Amos is supposed to be doing a solo run at the Soho Theatre, but his opening night was more of a team effort. The smartly dressed stand-up repeatedly engaged with his audience and they... more
Miles Jupp’s radio comedy In And Out Of The Kitchen did so well a TV version was made. That was about a year ago and since then it seems to have sat on the shelf. It finally starts this week, which... more
Paul Whitehouse’s latest series, Nurse, is pretty bold for a comedy. It deals with mental health issues, following community mental health nurse Liz (Esther Coles) as she goes from patient to patient... more
Matt Lucas was on Jonathan Ross recently comparing his new series to the children’s show Pingu. Like Pingu the characters here speak in a kind of nonsensical, noisy gibberish. We can tell when Lucas’... more
