Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
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Sofie Hagen review
The Edinburgh best newcomer award-winner explores the boyband fan circuit and her self-harming in this compelling, beautifully constructed set.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 13th December 2015Bill Bailey review - back to his blithe best
From riffs on Labour's 'experimental' period to a German-language heavy-metal Waterloo, Bailey's ticklish joy in the trivial delights a warm crowd.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 11th December 2015Five of the best comedy gigs for Christmas 2015
Sara Pascoe, Margaret Cho, Brian Cox and Kevin Bridges are among those promising better laughs than you'll get from your Christmas crackers.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th December 2015Politicians and comedy: a rather funny business
Donald Trump tried to be witty on Saturday Night Live, Barack Obama has honed his own standup style and Boris Johnson continues to play the clown. But are politicos' attempts at humour amusing, or even appropriate?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 27th November 2015Hal Cruttenden review - mocks the weak with brio
The TV regular has constructed a plausible world full of self-absorbed, middle-class misanthropy, with occasional strikes against conformity.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 24th November 2015Should Dapper Laughs be forgiven?
The lad's comic Daniel O'Reilly killed his on-stage persona after a sexism storm last year. But Dapper Laughs says he's changed. So can he prove he's a feminist - or even funny?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd November 2015Dawn French review - comic opens her heart in solo show
French draws on memories of her beloved father and her relationship with her body to tackle the biggest subject of all: how do you be a person?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 13th November 2015Opinion: Comedy is starting its own nostalgia industry
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are touring their 90s characters around the UK, and trying to update them for the era of #piggate. But can they ever really work when comedy relies on the here and now for its bite?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 13th November 2015Sarah Franken review
In this luridly populated show - her first after becoming a trans woman - Franken gives an intermittently persuasive vision of a culture in meltdown.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th November 2015Alfie Brown review
Brown gives us a show of two halves, with endearing routines about early fatherhood leading to social commentary.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th November 2015