British Comedy Guide
Brian Logan
Brian Logan

Brian Logan

  • Journalist and reviewer

Press clippings Page 6

Lucy Beaumont: The Trouble & Strife! review

The Hull comic continues to riff brilliantly on her home city's quirks but you wish she'd reveal more of the 'small angry woman' she describes herself as.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 4th December 2023

Eddie Izzard: The Remix review

Pausing her political campaigning to revisit routines that made her name, Izzard seems to be enjoying herself as much as we are.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 29th November 2023

Ruby Wax: I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was review

This one-woman play aims to dramatise Wax's globe-trotting spiritual quest but gets sidetracked into anecdote.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 22nd November 2023

Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine review

In this giddily inventive show, Minnitt plays a woman trying to bag a beau before her sentence to spinsterdom is declared.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th November 2023

Eddie Izzard and the comics who took politics by storm

Can the surreal comedy superstar parlay comedy chops into political power? Izzard certainly wouldn't be the first stand-up to pivot from telling jokes to canvassing for votes.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 14th November 2023

Park your cynicism! Michael McIntyre is a super-relatable well-oiled joke machine

The everyman stand-up delivers substantial comic payloads by itemising the oddity of human behaviour. A successful formula his new tour continues to exploit.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 27th October 2023

Munya Chawawa review

This is a big stage for a streaming star who's still a rookie stand-up, and at times his show feels over-engineered and effortful - but he still has enough honesty and charm to go far.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th October 2023

Foodie funnies: James Acaster and Ed Gamble's podcast Off Menu goes on the road

As it fills the Royal Albert Hall on tour, the comedians' 'dream restaurant' show questions what ingredients a live performance really needs.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 10th October 2023

John Robins: Howl review

Heartfelt two-act show revels in the manic, painful and sometimes amusing fallout of recovering from alcoholism.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 6th October 2023

Rosie Jones review

The comedian launches her campaign to become a national treasure with a show that has charm, smut, irony and laughs in equal measure.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 5th October 2023

Share this page