Others remember where they were when they heard that Princess Diana had died. I remember where I was when I read Andrew Lawrence’s famous Facebook post about the state of modern comedy and the state... more
Reviews
One of the television joys in 2015 was seeing Romesh Ranganathan looking pissed off in the first series of Asian Provocateur when he tracked down his Sri Lankan relatives. Now there is the chance to... more
I’ve always liked Pajama Men. Mark Chavez and Shenoah Allen’s physical antics and interaction can be mesmerising, inventive and surprising. They have mixed narrative and sketch format in the... more
I have to confess that outspoken American satirist Barry Crimmins is a new name to me, but he has a pretty impressive CV. He was a key figure in the Boston comedy movement in the eighties and more... more
If we wanted to get all political about it Funny Women shouldn’t exist. Comedians are comedians, why should gender even enter into it? But it does and the Funny Women organisation is clearly tapping... more
Usually when I see a comedy show I write a review by the next morning at the latest. I saw Sam Simmons’ latest show Not A People Person on Friday night and I have been mulling it over ever since,... more
I used to think of podcasts as the kind of thing nerdy spods did in their bedroom for other nerdy spods to listen to in their bedroom, but in recent years they have gone overground. There are... more
After Getting On and Going Forward Damned feels like the third part in a trilogy of gritty state-of-the-nation workplace comedies starring Jo Brand. But in fact this one, set in a childrens social... more
Morgana Robinson definitely has something. She was brilliant in House of Fools when she asked Vic Reeves to buff her Barnaby Rudge and now she has her own vehicle.It’s not her first big break of... more
Vic Reeves has invariably shied away from being serious about his comedy so it is a bit of a scoop getting him to present this grown-up documentary about Dada as part of BBC4’s current conceptual art... more
