Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke Je M'accuse review

Je M'accuse will surprise - especially the shockingly energetic finale - but always pleasantly.

Marcus Brigstocke review

His eating-disorder material is fascinating and unexpected.

Marcus Brigstocke review

Tales of peculiar heckles and a family safari where consequences of the local diet were a greater risk than any big beast, pave the way for the personal stories promised in the blurb, which hold the most interesting.

Review: Marcus Brigstocke, Soho Theatre

I'd like to see Brigstocke ranting again soon, but in the meantime his pissing about is pretty good.

Marcus Brigstocke: Making a serious subject stupid

There's a faintly ugly side to all stand-up - the lie that you're telling a joke to the audience for the first and final time.

Marcus Brigstocke surprises with speed-skating skills

Marcus Brigstocke proved he is pretty good at speed-skating on the latest installment of The Jump. Who knew?

Marcus Brigstocke talks about 'The Jump'

The comedian insists he is doing it for the thrill of 'sliding fast down things'.

Marcus Brigstocke on C4 reality show 'The Jump'

"You know Daisy Duke? The same people who insured her legs insured mine," the comedian jokes as he prepares to take on Channel 4's The Jump.

Sean Lock shimmying across the dance floor, Strictly style, sporting a black nylon shirt open to the waist, is the jolly flight of fancy that opens tonight's laughter line-up. Young comedian Romesh Ranganathan brings his Asian DNA into play with a scurrilously hilarious take on racism and a creative approach to telling off other people's kids, which leaves Marcus Brigstocke to supply a cheeky clutch of gags on ageing, safaris, the Greek economy - and some beatboxing.

Host Sean Lock emerges from the clouds of dry ice looking as dapper as always, before launching into a routine about the risks, as a middle-aged man, of ever mentioning that you quite like something. Particularly around this time of year, he points out, expressing a passing interest in anything - a ferry, a bird - can result in ill-advised "experience" presents come Christmas Day.

Lock's longer routines are always good (there's a great one on the discrimination you suffer as a binge drinker), but his quick hits are good, too, including a dark, throwaway one-liner about hearing voices.

Following the host, Asian comic Romesh Ranganathan talks about how, because he has mixed-race kids, he and his wife try to get the kids to pick a side. Then Marcus Brigstocke explains the euro crisis by means of a nightclub allegory and some passable beatboxing. It's as plausible as anything on Newsnight.