Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
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Shedinburgh mows down the fringe
With the Edinburgh festival shelved by Covid, stand-ups have turned a garden shed into a stage for an online extravaganza. Brian Logan enjoys flashes of brilliance amid a dislocating experience.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 4th September 2020Stand-up Under the Stars review
Bridget Christie pokes fun at Madonna, Suzi Ruffell talks smear tests and John Robins is heckled about Butlins. Our critic Brian Logan's first stand-up gig in months is a riot of joy and tension.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd September 2020Edinburgh Unlocked review
A carnival of comedy from the festival that never was.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd August 2020Review: Kim Noble's podcast
There are secret recordings, spoof calls and cringing reflections in the performance artist's attempts to find meaning in life in Futile Attempts (At Surviving Tomorrow)
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th August 2020Greatest Ever Late 'n' Live review
Footage of Dara O Briain, Sarah Millican, John Bishop and Jason Byrne features in this attempt to recapture the mythic status of a renowned fringe night.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 9th August 2020August without Edinburgh fringe
Covid-19 has cancelled the annual jamboree, leaving performers - and our comedy critic - bereft. What does the festival mean to them and how will it change?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th August 2020John Cleese: Why There Is No Hope review
In a global livestream, the former Python delivers alimony gags, a bit of PC-baiting - and an amusingly grumpy lecture on how nobody knows anything.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd August 2020The sisters who became ferociously funny comedy duos
When you've shared jokes since childhood, you can be brutally honest with each other. Flo & Joan and Ruby Wax's daughters, Maddy and Marina Bye, on becoming family double acts.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th July 2020Tim Key and Tom Basden turn up the heat on curry night
Alan Partridge's Sidekick Simon takes it out on his own hapless wingman - but Enya's repeated interruptions slow the flow.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 27th July 2020Joz Norris captures spirit of fringe comedy in new film
Originally planned as an Edinburgh show, You Build the Thing You Think You Are is now a film - and a different proposition to live-streamed lockdown comedy.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th July 2020