Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
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Sandi Toksvig review
The chipper comedian deftly juggles jokes, anecdotes and harsh facts in a fund-raising tour for her new political party.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 9th March 2016Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle roars back
Billed as addressing wealth, it was more specific than that: it was about Lee's wealth, or lack of it.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 4th March 2016Adam Hills review
The 'nicest man in comedy' is soft-hearted to a fault, in a set of optimistic but entirely safe and familiar routines
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 2nd March 2016Nina Conti review
The comedian chucks out the art form's creepiness for a thrilling interactive set in which her most essential prop barely features.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st March 2016Romesh Ranganathan review
On his third solo tour, the standup retains his cynicism but there's now light amid the shade and warmth underlying the weariness.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 26th February 2016Rhys James review - standup with a superiority complex
The 24-year-old comedian is charming and verbally virtuosic sending up his own white privilege, but can't bring himself to be profound.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 24th February 2016Tony Law review: a stand-up parping one long raspberry
Outlandish non sequiturs stack up as the wild-eyed, broad-grinned Law works the myth of his own zaniness.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th February 2016Isy Suttie review
The ex-Peep Show star co-opts Roy the papier-mache penguin and her Slovenian flatmate Anya in a warm and wise show about her quest for love.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th February 2016Nick Thune review
The US comedian's anecdotes are unstructured, overlong and underpowered, but he has ragged charm and there's delight to be had in his throwaway asides.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd February 2016Daniel Sloss: Dark Revoir review - wannabe outré comedy
Sloss tries to hide an uncertain stage persona in self-consciously provocative standup, but too often shoots himself in the foot.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th January 2016