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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 2023Eddie 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 2023Ruby 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 2023Rosalie 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 2023Eddie 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 2023Park 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 2023Munya 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 2023Foodie 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 2023John 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 2023Rosie 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