You couldn’t make it up. Nearly three decades after the Channel 4 show first popularised improvisation in the UK the Whose Line team is greeted by a roar at the Palladium. I went to a Sunday... more
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For those armchair critics that have been constantly comparing Ben Elton’s Upstart Crow to Blackadder there was a delicious surprise in the final episode featuring Gabrielle Glaister from his old... more
This review first appeared in the Evening Standard here.There is always one excellent performer that the Edinburgh Comedy Award judges seem hell bent on overlooking and in 2015 it was Lolly Adefope.... more
This review first appeared in the Evening Standard here. Nina Conti returns to the Criterion Theatre for another run from September 7 - 17. Tickets here.Ventriloquism might not be hip but it is... more
This review first appeared in the Evening Standard here.If you require proof that stand-up can find humour in unlikely places look no further than Felicity Ward. In What If There Is No Toilet? the... more
We can’t all fit into the green room backstage at comedy gigs where stand-ups shoot the breeze and gossip about each other, but luckily there is always Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. The latest series... more
As Bruce Springsteen might have said if he was writing about Mum it’s darkness on the edge of town this week. It’s an October morning, the sun has not risen and Cathy is mooching around, finding... more
I didn’t even know that Mock The Week was back last night. Or even that it had gone away. I must be watching too many reruns on Dave. But according to the BBC this was the first episode of the... more
This review first appeared in the Evening Standard here.This was an interesting gig in numerous ways. The venue was packed, but not with hardcore comedy fans. Several seats were filled by workers... more
This review first appeared in the Evening Standard here.Russell Kane has smartened up his act. The over-excited hair and youth TV T-shirts have been replaced by tidy locks and tight jackets. Kane is... more
