BCG Daily Thursday 9th June 2022
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge: Fringe is entering a new dawn
The Fleabag star, who is president of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, said its new vision will make the event more inclusive and accessible.
BBC, 9th June 2022
DMs Are Open - Don't Give Up!
Since I wrote my first two blogs about the show before it had even started, I thought it was time to reflect on the series so far and to scream at you to NOT GIVE UP! DON'T GIVE UP! OKAY? I KNOW IT'S HARD, BUT YOU'VE GOT THIS! YOU'RE SO CLOSE, YOU DON'T EVEN REALISE IT!
The Comedy Loser, 9th June 2022![Artwork for Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/misc/300x200/t/tony_blair_rock_opera.jpg "Artwork for Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]")
Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] at Park Theatre - review
However amiable this new show by Harry Hill and Steve Brown may be, it doesn't have anything new to add to the debate.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 9th June 2022
How Messy Millennial Woman became TV's most tedious trope
She's charismatic, self-destructive, and increasingly tiresome: from Fleabag through to Everything I Know About Love, chaotic female leads now seem to be the default, one-note expression of womanhood. It's time to move on.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 9th June 2022
All My Friends Hate Me, review
Posh people are the villains in this country retreat from hell.
Christina Newland, i Newspaper, 9th June 2022
All My Friends Hate Me review
This aptly named British indie black comedy about a birthday party gone excruciatingly awry is a prickly gem, lean and to the point
Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 9th June 2022
Luisa Omielan: turning her late mother's NHS horror story into comedy
Luisa Omielan made her name mining millennial tragi-comedy. But it was her show making sense of her mother's death that struck a chord.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 9th June 2022
Backstage With Katherine Ryan, Prime Video review
You could say that this is a comedy show that goes where other comedy shows rarely tread. Well worth a peep through the stand-up keyhole.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th June 2022
Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] review
Given Boris Johnson's daily catalogue of calamities, the time does not seem especially right for satire on the bygone deeds and misdeeds of Tony Blair. But this musical comes from the childish mind of Harry Hill, so the politics almost always plays second fiddle to the silly.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th June 2022
All My Friends Hate Me interview
All My Friends Hate Me, the new dark comedy movie from the clearly aberrant but brilliant minds of Tom Palmer and Tom Stourton, is a difficult film to categorise.
Tom Percival, The Digital Fix, 9th June 2022
Supporting trans rights and podcasting: How Suzi Ruffell does comedy
"With every civil rights movement there are groups of people who'll do offensive jokes about the movement," says Suzi. "I think it's imperative there are voices out there to counteract that."
Stephen Dobie, Euronews, 9th June 2022
Backstage With Katherine Ryan review
Ryan and fellow stand-ups from Jimmy Carr to Desiree Burch are filmed behind the scenes, but no one really lets rip. What a wasted opportunity.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 9th June 2022
Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera], Park Theatre, review
This satire is about as entertaining as being repeatedly poked in the ribs by a sniggering pub bore.
Sam Marlowe, i Newspaper, 9th June 2022
Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] review
The cast works hard to make this misguided musical work, but it remains little more than an aimless old fashioned sketch show.
Keith Mckenna, British Theatre Guide, 9th June 2022
Bleak Expectations review
This is a wonderful ensemble production that sparkles with inventiveness and is performed by a richly talented cast, who were enjoying it as much as the audience.
Robin Strapp, British Theatre Guide, 9th June 2022
Brian And Charles: The secrets behind the year's most uplifting comedy
Director Jim Archer on how to make a new kind of robot movie.
Phil de Semlyen, Time Out, 9th June 2022
Jackie Clune: male dominated 'liberal' comedy circuit is full of creeps
As the only female comedian on an otherwise all-male TV panel show in the 1990s, I often felt as if my role was to be the butt of the joke.
Jackie Clune, Daily Mail, 9th June 2022
All My Friends Hate Me review
Combining comedy, cringe and creepiness, All My Friends Hate Me is a short, snappy and seriously entertaining spiral into peer-related paranoia.
Sophie Butcher, Empire, 9th June 2022
Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) review
Harry Hill puts the party into politics.
Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 9th June 2022
Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera review
It's a dodgy dossier of a show which depicts New Labour's leader as the emptiest of empty suits. It is, however, very witty and tuneful too. It is, however, very witty and tuneful too. Hill, who wrote the book, has never been to everyone's taste - the little boy inside him is always desperate to make burping noises - but if you're a fan of his brand of comedy you'll warm to this venture.
Clive Davis, The Times, 9th June 2022
Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) review
Begins promisingly, then outstays its welcome - ring any bells?
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 9th June 2022
Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) review
There's not much satirical sophistication on show in this oddly-timed musical effort.
Nick Curtis, Evening Standard, 9th June 2022Videos
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