Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 55
Sam Simmons: Spaghetti for Breakfast review
In a richly strange set, this year's Edinburgh award-winner snorts cereal, obsesses over the audience's legwear and acts out everyday annoyances.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th September 2015Is Jeremy Corbyn too nice for satire?
A man being persuaded to compromise on his lofty ideals could make for great comedy - but given the best satire kicks against the strong, it could be hard to wring gags from the underdog Corbyn.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th September 2015Kevin Bridges review
The Glaswegian comic's new show may be more personal than political but he still makes for a sharp social commentator.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th September 2015Should Christianity hold communion with comedy?
Veteran comic Bobby Ball has a new job teaching vicars how to be funny - but humour and religion don't always coexist comfortably.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 11th September 2015Comedy: the best stand-up gigs and tours in autumn 2015
Profiles of the shows from Kevin Bridges, Mark Thomas, Sam Simmons, Katherine Ryan, Trevor Noah, Joseph Morpurgo, Harry & Paul, Kieran Hodgson, Vic & Bob, Bridget Christie, Daphne and Sara Pascoe.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th September 2015Jessie Cave to tell all about her boyfriend's exes
In her Edinburgh fringe hit I Loved Her, Jessie Cave lives and lays bare her neuroses for our entertainment. The raw material for this nakedly autobiographical set is Cave's relationship with fellow comic Alfie Brown - with whom, 18 months ago, she became pregnant after a one-night stand.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th September 201510 years of Tories allows decent political comedy
Political comedy used be an orthodox, tub-thumping affair. Today, it's a far subtler art, with Nish Kumar, Sheeps, Stewart Lee and Ahir Shah all reinventing the form.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th August 2015I'd love to see Kieran Hodgson grab the glory
The comedian's show Lance would be a worthy winner, if he can triumph over four-time nominee James Acaster and the inventive Joseph Morpurgo.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 26th August 2015Is the Edinburgh fringe as middle-class as we think?
The perception of the festival crowd as entirely middle-class leads stand-ups such as Sarah Callaghan and Kevin J to package their working-class backgrounds as exotic.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th August 2015Modern comedy too sanitised? A strange thing to say...
Comedian Sam Simmons's rant against 'relatable' comics in his Edinburgh show does both him and the festival a disservice.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th August 2015