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Radio Times review
"I'm quite surprised they've let me on as well," Frankie Boyle tells his audience before he insults the celebrity guests and makes tasteless jokes about Glasgow's view of Hepatitis B and Oscar Pistorius's future girlfriends. He counters this with "If you are offended by any jokes tonight, feel free to tweet your outrage on a mobile phone made by a 10-year-old in China." Boyle isn't to everyone's taste, but this crowd isn't affronted by anything.
Also on the bill are Aisling Bea (riffing on the joys of sitting down and doing nothing) and growly-voiced Simon Evans, whose witty Jack Dee-style take on life is delivered with the occasional smile. Or maybe grimace.
Jane Rackham, Radio Times, 10th December 2014Video: Simon Evans interview
He talks about starting out as a stand-up, how his act - and the comedy circuit - has changed since then, his writing process, his comedy influences, plans for a 2015 Edinburgh Fringe show and more.
Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 6th December 2014Interview: rarely asked questions - Simon Evans
Simon Evans is one of the country's most stylish stand-up comedians. And I'm not just talking about his bespoke suits.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st December 2014DVD review: Simon Evans, Live At The Theatre Royal
It's easy to miss some of the smartest gags in the set, making this a perfect release for a DVD, worth watching again and again.
Elliot Clarke, Giggle Beats, 15th November 2014Christmas 2014: Top five live comedy DVDs
Featuring releases from Lee Evans, Simon Evans, Russell Howard, Miranda Hart and Jason Manford.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 7th November 2014Simon Evans's top ten stand-up comedians
The circuit favourite and Live at the Apollo star reveals his favourite comics.
Time Out, 9th September 2014The Simon Evans three minute interview
Following sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and a successful UK tour, Simon Evans - from Channel 4's Stand Up For the Week
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 17th June 2014Simon Evans Goes To Market - review
Simon Evans makes an entertaining start on the first of his four programmes on the major commodities forming the basics of economics.
Clare Heal, The Daily Express, 18th May 2014Radio Times review
Why are the British so obsessed with owning their own homes? Now's the time to find out and have a laugh at the same time as Simon Evans kicks off his four-part series on the financial markets with a look at property investment.
The emphasis here is on the comic, with Evans's guests - FT[/i columnist Tim Harford, [i]Money Week's editor-in-chief Merryn Somerset Webb and Who Owns Britain author Kevin Cahill - finding it difficult to get a word in edgeways in between jokes about Location, Location, Location and Property Ladder.
There are some factual gems in among the undeniably entertaining banter and, with further programmes to come on gold, oil and grain, whether you enjoy this series or not depends on what you wish to gain from it. This is very much informative comedy rather than comic information.
Sue Robinson, Radio Times, 15th May 2014Simon Evans: Are shares a laughing matter?
We test the most improbable of hypotheses - that money can be funny.
Simon Evans, BBC News, 15th May 2014