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Brian Logan
Brian Logan

Brian Logan

  • Journalist and reviewer

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Can NextUp become the Netflix for British stand-up?

NextUp will stream live comedy sets for a low subscription fee. Stand-ups are excited, and will share 50% of the income - but will the new service attract a big enough audience to succeed?

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th November 2016

The best Christmas comedy of 2016

Need comic relief during the holiday season? Vic and Bob's catchphrase-heavy nonsense and Stewart Lee's shameless nostalgia are among the top offerings.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 13th November 2016

Mae Martin makes sexuality 1 less thing to worry about

The Canadian standup's Radio 4 show expertly splices comedy, opinion and enlightenment to explore millennial gender fluidity and sex.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 10th November 2016

Tape Face review

Fresh from a stint on America's Got Talent, Sam Wills delivers a captivating set of skits that bring the audience on stage and celebrate the improbable.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 9th November 2016

Russell Brand - Exposed review

Back from comedic and political hibernation, swaggering as always but a little less potent in new show Exposed.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 6th November 2016

Matt Forde review

Lively mickey-take of Brexit-era omnishambles.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th October 2016

Why don't comedians criticise the monarchy?

It's the job of standups to hold institutions to account - laugh by laugh - so why aren't more of them laying bare the anachronistic daftness of the royal family?

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th October 2016

Al Murray, Pub Landlord review

Brexit gifts the Little Englander a barrel-load of acidic spoofs, but this act seems content to serve up just the mild.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 12th October 2016

Josie Long review

The usually sanguine standup draws laughs and skewers stereotypes with her account of being leftwing in a rightwing age.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th October 2016

America's Got Talent: home to UK's Fringe favourites

After the success of Tape Face and Piff the Magic Dragon, purveyors of overlooked artforms might do well to swap panel-heavy British comedy for the States.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th October 2016

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