Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
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The top 10 comedy shows of 2017
A virgin dominatrix whipped Edinburgh, Tim Key looked for love and Hannah Gadsby quit then won two awards. But only the snide, brutal brilliance of Frankie Boyle could triumph over the year's horrors.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th December 2017Sofie Hagen's new show: is it comedy?
Having explored her depression and anxiety, the Danish comic is tackling childhood trauma. How do stand-ups amuse an audience if even they don't find their subject funny?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 14th December 2017The Beakington Town Hall Meetings review
The winningly weird comic tasks his audience with solving an animal massacre mystery in an evening that spins a good story from endless fun nonsense.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 6th December 2017The best comedy shows this Christmas
Bridget Christie promises a night of hope and despair, Daniel Kitson serves up a heartwarmer and Lucy McCormick delivers a trash take on the New Testament. Here are the funniest festive gigs
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 2nd December 2017Greg Davies review
Supremely silly stand-up shouts the unsayable. In an exuberant new show, Davies scrutinises his own ridiculousness and goes from outre stories about his mum to a musical tribute to his dad.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th November 2017The comedy hit splicing Evil Dead 2 and Elvis songs
In Sam Raimi's horror classic, a man is tormented by demons and his own severed hand. All the story needed was a few tunes by the king of rock'n'roll, says Rob Kemp.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 14th November 2017Jordan Brookes and comedy's rule breakers
Shows that delight in flouting conventions, like Brookes's Body of Work, make us question our expectations of standup - including whether it should all be funny.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th November 2017Katherine Ryan review
Ryan delivers plenty of astringent one-liners in a tart set that ranges from single parenthood to Khloé Kardashian's 'revenge body' and the musical Hamilton.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 6th November 2017Josie Long & protest jokers serenading Labour faithful
Can funny songs change the world? Jonny & the Baptists and Grace Petrie join Josie Long for a spirited night of comedy that imagines nationalising the Queen's swans and banning Daily Mail readers from seeing their grandchildren.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 2nd November 2017Tony Slattery returns to live comedy
The charismatic Whose Line Is It Anyway? star is a blithely uninhibited lord of misrule at a new improvisation night in London.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st November 2017