Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 62
Sheeps, Beasts and the new breed of sketch show
The same sketch performed over and over, an ensemble competing to go solo, and a show rewritten live on stage ... Brian Logan meets the young guns rebooting sketch comedy.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 29th September 2014Lee Evans review
A great comedian desperately trying to show us that he's still exactly the same old Lee. It's as if the wind has changed direction, and Evans can't get that gurn off his face.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th September 2014James Acaster: Kettering confidential
Does James Acaster really come from Kettering? It seems too good to be true.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th September 2014Cardinal Burns review
There are some great moments in this infectiously ridiculous show, which doesn't rely too much on the pair's hit TV series.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th September 2014Michael Palin: Travelling to Work review
Hot on the heels of Monty Python at the O2, Palin's latest offering is mildly amusing but his bricolage offers no surprises.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 10th September 2014Rhys Nicholson review - gross-out comedy soars
Nicholson's routines are generic in places, but the man delivering them belongs on stage and isn't afraid to show it.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd September 2014Steen Raskopoulos review
Raskopoulos has acting flair, an eye for vivid character and deftness in handling and discomfiting his audience.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 27th August 2014John Kearns: loser takes all at Edinburgh
John Kearns has turned failure into silly, soul-searching comedy. Will scooping Edinburgh's top comedy award spoil the punchline? Brian Logan meets the man hailed as the new Hancock.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th August 2014Why Liam Williams should win the Comedy Award
I loved Williams's subterranean hour of nihilistic Gen-Y standup - and I'd have welcomed an appearance on the shortlist for his group Sheeps.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th August 2014Joke Thieves: cover-version comedy
Edinburgh festival comedians perform their own material, then swap with a counterpart in this appallingly funny innovation.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 9th August 2014