Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 25
Comedy rewinds to the VHS era
The cult show that splices Evil Dead II with Elvis Presley hits is now on video cassette as stand-ups hark back to retro formats.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th December 2020Russell Kane review - a cathartic shot of Covid comedy
Before live comedy disappears once more, Kane delivers a terrific, barnstorming set sending up the pandemic - and the government's laughable response to it.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 2nd November 2020Should comedians joke about Covid?
Some stand-ups see it as their job to provide collective catharsis for the coronavirus, while others see pandemic gags as off-limits - even ones about Trump.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 30th October 2020Sunday Antics review
Britain's Got Talent botherer Nabil Abdulrashid leads an impressively forthright and sometimes edgy night of stand-up dealing with race and identity.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 26th October 2020Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt review
London's theatre district reopened its doors to stage an evening of well-aimed wrath that somehow finds comedy in kidney surgery.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd October 2020The Yes Queens review
Audience participation at arm's length via screen happily injects some welcome randomness into this six-person improvised sketch show.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th October 2020Frank Skinner's terrific guide to poetry
The comedian's new podcast is bursting with enthusiasm for poems. If stand-up forces him to be funny, here he forces himself to be true.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 6th October 2020Flamboyant drag on a laptop? It cramps cabaret's style
Britain's Got Talent star Myra Dubois turns agony aunt in a show that might raise the roof in a theatre - but not online.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st October 2020Greenwich Comedy festival review
Sara Pascoe, Rich Hall and Aisling Bea warm to an excited crowd - and a divine heckler - in the chilly outdoors.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th September 2020Michael McIntyre: Showman review
The horizons may be narrow in the British stand-up's special but nobody does this sort of material better.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th September 2020