Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 61
Dave Gorman review
Surprise and significance are at a premium in a show that echoes the comic's small-screen patter too closely to excite.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th November 2014Stewart Lee review
Tricksy gags about liberals, rightwingers and 'the Islams'. The stand-up's two-part set is, as ever, a rarefied viewing experience. You can take nothing at face value as he plays cat and mouse with the audience.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 14th November 2014Ivo Graham review
The self-effacing former public schoolboy is painfully honest about his hangups in this lovely, well-written comic set.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 12th November 2014Is success a curse for stand-ups?
Tim Minchin and Stewart Lee have both observed that fame and acclaim create dilemmas for comedians, who habitually punch upwards. But a comfortable life needn't blunt dissent and satire.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 11th November 2014Lee Mack review
This is comedy that time forgot - meticulous, gag-heavy tomfoolery with a great sense of attack.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th October 2014Simon Amstell review
Casting himself as a social misfit in his new show To Be Free, Simon Amstell turns his fire, sometimes embarrassingly, on all of us.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 13th October 2014Paul Chowdhry review
Tawdry gags about Gypsies, gay people and the French. The stand-up's PC's World seldom strays from xenophobia in a show full of poor jokes and weak puns.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th October 2014Billy Connolly review
Older, frailer but Big Yin is still a maestro. The show is not the work of a man with a diminished sense of humour - it's classic Connolly, culled from a 50-year career.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st October 2014Billy Connolly review - Big Yin is still a maestro
The show is not the work of a man with a diminished sense of humour - it's classic Connolly, culled from a 50-year career.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st October 2014Hail the Pajama Men: the Velvet Underground of comedy
Without being a household name, or even having a TV show, this double-act have influenced an entire generation of comics.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 30th September 2014