Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
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Sara Pascoe: Success Story review - family beats fame for warm hilarity
Playful material about Pascoe's life on the celebrity B-list is eclipsed by a heartfelt second act focused on private truths about new motherhood.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th November 2022Jerry Sadowitz: Not For Anyone review
After his show was pulled from the Edinburgh Fringe, the comic continues his efforts to outrage, resulting in deep discomfort as well as bleak brilliance.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th November 2022Mark Thomas: Black And White review
The political comedian's new touring show takes on Liz Truss and the Tories but too often swaps subtlety for stridency.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th November 2022Harriet Kemsley review
A smutty uprising against idealised femininity.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 13th November 2022Welcome back, Peter Kay, Britain's big-hearted maestro of the mundane
The stand-up is returning to the stage to welcome us back into his lovably parochial world. But will we ever know the man behind the homely persona?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 11th November 2022John Shuttleworth squares up to his own creator
Graham Fellows' film Father Earth records the Sheffield comedian's trip to Orkney with his dad - and a bid to step out of his alter ego's shadow.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 9th November 2022Elf Lyons: Raven review - fierce and funny fright-night
Lyons raises her personal demons so she can publicly refuse to play by their rules in this complex comedy-horror crossover.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 2nd November 2022Maybe A Ghost Story review - Daniel Kitson scares up a sparkling Halloween yarn
The comedian is as spontaneous as ever in this unadorned show featuring a one-ghost campaign to rewild the sanitised customs of All Hallows Eve.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 27th October 2022Friday Night Live proves our best satirists are in their 60s
From Ben Elton's electrifying political routine to Harry Enfield's force-10 performance, Channel 4's comedy programme showed that nobody does spiky topicality better than 1980s stars.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th October 2022'My parents wanted to give me horse hormones' - Sam Campbell, comedy's new champion
He breezed into the Edinburgh fringe late with just half a show - and won the 'Oscar of comedy'. In his first ever face-to-face interview, the eccentric Aussie standup reveals what's next ('Something').
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th October 2022