Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 37
Nish Kumar review
The Mash Report host unleashes a high-octane, self-mocking political show brimming with exasperation and anger.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 4th October 2018Lou Sanders: Shame Pig review
With an abundance of eyebrow-raising anecdotes about outrageous social faux pas, the standup is terrific company.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 30th September 2018Catchphrase comedy is dead. Am I bovvered?
The former head of BBC comedy claims catchphrases are out of fashion. But as Corporal Jones might say, 'Don't panic!' There's life in sloganeering yet.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th September 2018Kevin Bridges review
The 31-year-old breathes new life into well-worn observational comedy in a masterful show that scorns pretension.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th September 2018The League of Gentlemen review
Exhilarating new material joins favourite vintage sketches as Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton bring their chilling creations to life again on tour.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 26th August 2018Award champ Rose Matafeo's Horndog is a comedy smash
The Kiwi standup thoroughly deserves her success with an uproarious, emotionally intimate and feminist show.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th August 2018Brexit's a joke: Edinburgh fringe's EU comedies
Britain's exit from the EU is quicksand for artists as well as politicians. This year, it's inspired polemical cabaret and a drama that goes nowhere fast.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd August 2018Brian Logan: I saw a man die on stage. It was me
He's been derided by Daniel Kitson, shamed by Stewart Lee - and now our comedy critic has been depicted having his brains blown out by Sam Campbell. Just as well he can take a joke.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 21st August 2018Can you rape comedy? Natalie Palamides thinks so
The LA comic, who won best newcomer at last year's Edinburgh fringe, has tested her electric new material on American audiences. But how will Nate - her 'douchebag' male alter ego - go down in Britain?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 22nd July 2018End of the Pier review
The politics of comedy is examined through the prism of faltering father and son comedians played by Les Dennis and Blake Harrison.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th July 2018