Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
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Has extreme comedian Kim Noble finally gone too far?
In Lullaby For Scavengers, the no-holds-barred performance artist returns to outfox and outrage audiences. He talks about trying to snog his mother, bathing with maggots and being an 'old white dinosaur'.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th September 2022Dawn French Is a Huge Twat review - mini-masterpieces of self-mockery
French heaps detail upon self-abasing detail as she shares hugely engaging stories from her 40-year career.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th September 2022The satire of Joe Lycett is a fitting response to our era of scorched-earth politics
The comedian's subversive mockery of Liz Truss helped to show how smug and cosy our political discourse has become.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th September 2022Sam Campbell once joked about killing me - but the Aussie comedian's Edinburgh win is well-deserved
The baby-faced oddball has gone from performing to tiny audiences to winning live comedy's most coveted prize, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe comedy award.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 30th August 2022Who wants a lockdown one-liner? How comics are covering Covid at Edinburgh Fringe
The festival is in full swing with audiences crammed into comedy clubs. But is our global pandemic the elephant in the room?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th August 2022Who went too far: Jerry Sadowitz or those who cancelled his Edinburgh fringe show?
Questions of free speech offer no simple answers, but it's clear that this is a watershed moment in comedy.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th August 2022'Sketch will never die!': Edinburgh fringe super troupes Tarot, Sheeps and Britney
It's a form of comedy that has fallen out of favour with TV, but a trio of fun acts are keeping the sketch flame alive.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th August 2022Laugh? I almost cried at Gordon Brown's night of Edinburgh Fringe comedy
The former PM's one-off onstage chat with stand-up Matt Forde belied his dour image. If only he'd shown more of this side of himself to the electorate.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th August 2022Jon Culshaw on Les Dawson
'Even his most savage mother-in-law lines were written with love'.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 22nd July 2022