Back in those halcyon days of 2023 Lorna Rose Treen won Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe, with a one-liner that The Sun decided was so bad she had killed comedy. Well, it didn’t kill comedy or... more
Reviews
OK, let’s get this party started. Meet Barry Morgan, bouffant-haired organ salesperson who has come direct from his store in Adelaide's Sunnyside Mall to persuade you to invest in one of his organs.... more
Another year another flying day trip to Latitude. Though not quite as frantic as last year where I barely saw Mark Simmons do what turned out to be Joke of the Fringe ( "I was going to sail... more
The best sitcoms are always about characters who are trapped – from Hancock and Steptoe, Red Dwarf and Porridge to The Office and beyond the comedy comes from people being unable to leave their... more
Diane Morgan returns for another series of Mandy, in which she plays the lazy, useless beehive-haired title role who has more futile attempts at finding suitable employment. This week she has... more
Beth Steel's play first opened at the National Theatre's relatively intimate Dorfman auditorium where it received rave reviews. It has now transferred to the West End. Judging by the trailers... more
Lena Dunham's latest project, Too Much, was not what I expected. The last thing I thought I'd see was Dunham doing her own take on Bridget Jones/Richard Curtis, but to me that's my overriding feeling... more
Some sitcoms build up to a big wedding day, the second series of Such Brave Girls kicks off with one. Albeit after the bride has been abducted from a lecture room by having a hood put over her head.... more
Typical. You wait ages for a gentle comedy about an unlikely drug dealer and then two come along at the same time. No sooner has Rosie Jones’ C4 sitcom Pushers bedded in than Chicken Town is released... more
Transgender comedian Jordan Gray has already made a splash on television, getting her penis out on the revived variety show Friday Night Live. Now Gray brings those comic chops to the world of sitcom... more
