BCG Daily Tuesday 12th December 2023

Sukh Ojla: 'When I was on the dating apps, I never told men that I did comedy'

The actor, comedian and novelist on being a positive aunty role model and taking unsolicited advice on how to be funny.

Ricky Gervais up for a Golden Globe for his stand-up

His show Armageddon shortlisted... even though it's not out yet. The film Saltburn has been given two nominations.

Pandemonium review

Armando Iannucci's furiously funny takedown of No 10.

Kieran Hodgson interview

Hodgson on Big In Scotland and how impersonating Olivia Colman saved his career.

Pandemonium review

Pandemonium is flawed, but at a time when Johnson and his media cronies are trying to rewrite the narrative that they 'got the big calls right', this is a reminder that no, no they didn't.

Pandemonium review

Iannucci's Boris satire isn't funny enough.

Pandemonium review

Patrick Marber's staging of Armando Iannucci's new satire runs until 6 January.

Pandemonium review

Caustic, vital theatre: little wonder the run is sold out.

It's time the BBC put Have I Got News For You out of its misery

It was once the sharpest satire on TV. Now it's complacently predictable liberal-left pap.

BBC axes Jason Manford's daytime game show Unbeatable

The BBC has axed the daytime quiz with a celebrity host 'to make room for new content'.

Dream gig: Susan Riddell

Glasgow's Susan Riddell brings us a perfectly festive dream gig to round off 2023.

How Katie Arnstein turns anger into laughs

She started out doing panto tours of northern garden centres. But Arnstein is now emerging as a thrilling performer, turning the shocks of her life - sexual harassment, her mum's cancer - into bracing solo shows.

Pandemonium review

Boris' pandemic problem goes Shakespearean.

Pandemonium review

The show is little more than a knockabout end-of-year school entertainment, that strangely has no satiric teeth beyond making up playground names for public figures. It offers no insight into their behaviour beyond stupidity, lacks any kind of context for the horror that enveloped the UK and, despite the lively, fluent performance of a fine cast, feels overlong at ninety minutes running time.

Pandemonium review

Satire needs a shot of Pfizer's finest to revive tired storylines.

Pixie Lott and Killian Donnelly to star in Made In Dagenham concert

Pixie Lott and Killian Donnelly are set to headline a tenth anniversary concert of Made In Dagenham.

Based on a true story and adapted from the hit film, comic musical Made In Dagenham is penned by Richard Bean with music and lyrics by David Arnold and Richard Thomas.

Cinderella pantomime at Contact Theatre

You don't need much encouragement to give this panto a boo. It may have a classic story and all the classic genre staples, but is that alone a winning formula? Oh no, it isn't.

Operation Mincemeat announces seventh West End extension

Operation Mincemeat has extended its limited run in the West End for a seventh time. It will now be booking through to 22nd September 2024, with new tickets going on general sale from Friday 22nd December at 10am.