Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
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Alan Carr review
Good albeit digressive gags keep the routines endearingly amusing in the comic's new touring show Regional Trinket.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th October 2021The Good Life stage show review
The much-loved TV series becomes a series of set-pieces rather than a satisfying drama in this stage adaptation starring Rufus Hound as Tom Good.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th October 2021Liz Kingsman: One-Woman Show review
Kingsman spoofs the look-at-me egotism that sometimes animates solo shows, as she heaps meta layer upon layer in a tour de force.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 14th October 2021Mo Gilligan review
Gilligan's cartoonish parade of misunderstandings and manipulations have perspective and heart.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 11th October 2021Glamrou: From Qur'an to Queen review
Amrou Al-Kadhi's drag alter ego, poised between self-absorption and self-irony, delivers a tart, funny and swaggering tale.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th October 2021Njambi McGrath: Accidental Coconut review
McGrath is smart and sardonic about the after-effects of British imperialism in Africa - even if she's just skimming the surface.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th October 2021Brian Logan launches comedy criticism podcast
Guardian reviewer Brian Logan has launched a new podcast about comedy criticism. He co-hosts But Is It Funny? with comedian Suchandrika Chakrabarti, and writer Jamal Khadar.
Chortle, 1st October 2021Jenny Eclair: Sixty! (FFS!) review
The comedian is on ebullient form in a gossipy touring show about entering one's seventh decade.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 29th September 2021Sh**ged Married Annoyed review
Chris and Rosie Ramsey's material about their married life is jolly enough, but a five-minute advertorial is rather less so.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th September 2021Ricky Gervais review
The veteran provocateur, with his usual equal offensiveness policy, is amusing when he isn't railing at straw men in this revival of his 2019 show Supernature.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 26th September 2021