Press clippings Page 6
After Life, series 2 review
Ricky Gervais's grief-driven comedy is just a rehash of the first series.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 14th April 2020My night at a Cheese, Sex and Self-isolation Party
This streaming event hosted by Anna Mann (AKA Colin Hoult) on NextUp was a valiant experiment in performing live comedy without an audience.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 12th April 2020Live review: Sketch Off final 2020
It wasn't a great surprise that the Leicester Square Theatre was not quite full for this year's Sketch Off Final. What was more of a surprise was that the line-up for the final was not full of sketch acts.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th March 2020Sketch Off! Final 2020 review
For a sketch comedy competition, there weren't a lot of sketch groups. Instead, the Leicester Square Theatre's Sketch Off! final last night was dominated by solo character acts - either wise to the fact that they won't have to share the usually meagre financial rewards of the genre by going it alone - or taking no chances by not performing within two metres of anyone else.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th March 2020Chortle Awards 2020 nominees
Bob Mortimer, Greg Davies, Katherine Ryan, Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Allen are amongst the nominees for the Chortle Awards 2020. Jonny Pelham, Jessica Fostekew and Catherine Cohen have two nods.
British Comedy Guide, 27th February 2020Review: Anna Mann and others NextUp recording
For those at the taping at Rich Mix in East London, it's pretty much a normal gig, with unobtrusive cameras and friendly-but-cynical compere Esther Manito setting up running gags with audience members.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd February 2020The best comedy of 2019
Another year has past and once again it's been a pretty amazing one for comedy across the board, and it's been hard to whittle each category down to a top 10. But here are our suggestions for the best tv, film and live comedy of the year, along with a couple of other lists as well.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 31st December 2019Review - Harry Hill's Clubnite
Channel 4's new late-night comedy show looks very much like an old one - and it's none the worse for that.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th October 2019Romesh Ranganathan curates Sky shorts series
Romesh Presents... is coming to Sky, a 10-part series of comedy shorts featuring stars including Ellie Taylor, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, London Hughes and Darren Harriott.
British Comedy Guide, 6th September 2019Canned Laughter review
Anna Mann blew me away, it's stand-up at it's very, very best and she's someone I not only plan to see again soon, but many times over.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 26th May 2019