I wasn’t going to review Mae Martin’s new series Wayward for a number of reasons. Firstly it is not a comedy, it’s a thriller. Secondly it had me so on the edge of my seat I didn’t know how I could... more
Reviews
Panto season has started early this year. This West End transfer of the classic Victorian comedy adds splashes of colour, dancing, and contemporary pop music to Oscar Wilde’s romantic comedy of... more
It's not every day that a sitcom features a jizz stain on a sofa, but then not every sitcom is Juice. Mawaan Rizwan's sublime, surreal, ssilly, sexy comedy returns with a bang as a casual sexual... more
If I was putting together my dream stand-up night I'm pretty sure I'd include Tim Key and Bridget Christie, so hats off to Berk's Nest for including them in their latest comedy night at Cadogan Hall... more
Glenn Moore’s latest show, Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore, centres on a stressful family road trip to a funeral in San Francisco which involves breaking down in Death Valley. At least that’s the... more
I'm not sure if I've ever seen a TV comedy start so badly and then get good so quickly. The Paper, as you probably know by now, is a sort-of-spin-off of the American version of The Office. The action... more
There's a lot riding on the return of David Mitchell and Robert Webb to the world of sketch comedy. Given the amount of advance discussion about them you'd think the entire future of the genre was... more
Well that was a Fringe that was. I’ve done the number crunching and it makes interesting reading. To me anyway. I saw 51 shows. I reviewed 17 for the Standard, 18 for beyond the joke.... more
Luke McQueen has a penchant for grand pranks. He once put on a show claiming that Frankie Boyle would be performing rather than McQueen and another time claimed to have been in a double act with Jack... more
Grace Helbig was one of the first social media stars, becoming a YouTube pioneer charting every minute of her life nearly twenty years ago, when some of today’s baby influencers weren’t even born.... more
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