I’ve tended to dip in and out of Mock The Week in recent years, viewing it as part of the comedy furniture and regarding it as good fun though not essential viewing. But in Stuart Goldsmith’s recent... more
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Do you want to know what a safe pair of hands looks like? Then take a look at the picture of Jake Johannsen on this page. From the moment this 54-year-old American strolls onstage you just know that... more
I regularly listen to Stuart Goldsmith’s Comedian’s Comedian podcasts but I don’t usually review them. The latest one is so good, however, that I have made an exception. Goldsmith interviews Dara O’... more
The first thing to know about Diane Chorley’s show is it is not strictly comedy. It is mainly songs plus waspish anecdotes from the cod-Eighties diva. With that noted, however, this is about as funny... more
Update 23/6/15. Following his successful London run - see the review below – Tommy Tiernan has just added two major London shows as follows. . WED 23 SEPT - Forum, Kentish Town. Tickets here.THU... more
Update 10/7: An Audience with Jimmy Savile is to transfer to the Edinburgh Fringe. It will be at Assembly Studio 1 from Aug 11 - 22. Tickets here, Too Soon? It’s the cry... more
Dave has been on a roll lately with its original comedies. Alan Davies’ As Yet Untitled and Ross Noble’s Freewheeling have both become appointment-to-view television. I wish I could say the same for... more
Following the success of Matt Berry doing the Boat Race, the second instalment in this six-part series finds the undisputed king of the striking vocal tone tackling the subject of Father’s Day. There... more
Richard Herring’s new series of podcasts kicks off with an illuminating chat with Bob Mortimer. This time round Herring has had funding from a Kickstarter campaign but don't panic, apart from a plug... more
And so this weirdly wonderful improvised whodunnit series comes to an end with Olympic gymnast Louis Smith, as the tabloids would say, as you’ve never seen him before. And not just because, as you... more
