British Comedy Guide

Tom Penn

  • Actor, writer and composer

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Extraordinary's Luke Rollason stars in two upcoming films

Extraordinary's Luke Rollason stars in two films being released later this year, the BBC comedy short Quiet Life, which he co-wrote, and the largely improvised feature Two Big Feet, in which he plays a hobbyist monster hunter who thinks he's seen a sasquatch.

British Comedy Guide, 17th February 2024

2022 Malcolm Hardee Awards winners revealed

The winners of The Malcolm Hardee Awards for the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe have been announced.

British Comedy Guide, 27th August 2022

Privates: Great Ideas by Geniuses review

Even if their comedy doesn't invent the wheel and could be a bit more polished, there is always a place for feel-good family entertainment.

Johanna Makelainen, Broadway Baby, 16th May 2022

Live 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 2020

Sketch 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 2020

Privates: A Sperm Odyssey review

They're not exactly complex characters, but with lively, anarchic performances, knockabout chemistry and silly voices, there's a touch of The Goon Show to the whole proceedings.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th February 2020

Map Man review

It is underdeveloped, and even Tom Curzon admitted at the end that he'd overlooked many of the things he had intended to do.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th May 2019

Live Review: Musical Comedy Awards Final 2019

This year's WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards final, hosted by Nick Horseman, might just have been the highest standard of any of their finals yet.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th April 2019

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