Puns and wordplay have made a comeback on the comedy scene in recent years with the rise of Tim Vine and Milton Jones. And Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival has done well to surf the zeitgeist with... more
Reviews
I knew Uncle was returning, but it seems to have sneaked into the schedules without as much hoo-ha as the first series. The timing could not be better though. Last week the hit sitcom starring Nick... more
When I heard that playwright Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews was the talk of London’s theatreland I thought I’d better check it out. For the first 15 minutes I wasn’t quite sure what all the fuss was about... more
The last time I saw Jack Whitehall onstage it was at a packed Wembley Arena and the audience was so young it almost felt like a pop concert. This was very different. It was in the classy Cadogan Hall... more
If ITV2 had a face it would look like Keith Lemon. Thanks to the success of Celebrity Juice he bestrides the channel like a comedy colossus. Well, I’m certainly glad it’s him rather than Dapper... more
Is Asylum about Julian Assange? Co-writer Peter Bowden doesn’t think so, tweeting: “You may see Assange. You're free to see Assange….But that's not what I wrote and you'd be wrong.” An email I... more
There was no dilemma about choosing a picture to go with this review. While Malcolm Hardee might not have been present – he died ten years ago on January 31, 2005, drowning in his beloved Thames – he... more
The Play That Goes Wrong is the kind of theatrical fairy story that producers dream about. What started off as a modest fringe production in a pub has grown and grown and is now a bona fide West End... more
Are there a lot of misogynistic men out there being mean about this sitcom starring mostly women or is this actually rubbish? This got a bit of a thumping on Twitter last week so I thought I'd better... more
For those of you enjoying Crims on BBC3 you may be interested to read this review of Elis James when he did a stand-up show at the Edinburgh Festival in 2012. His stage persona was not a million... more
