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 2016The 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 2016Mae 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 2016Tape 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 2016Russell 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 2016Matt Forde review
Lively mickey-take of Brexit-era omnishambles.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th October 2016Why 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 2016Al 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 2016Josie 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 2016America'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