The Secret Reviewer #64: Winners and Losers

Every month our clandestine critic reveals the murky truths behind that infamous trade, and live comedy generally. This month: Is it a bad time for topical stuff?

Perhaps I've just missed them, what with all the big-beasts falling, and the football, but after hefty changes of government aren't there usually articles asking 'what does this mean for comedians?' That might be more of an American thing - the Trump effect - or happened back when political comedy was more prevalent here. But here we go anyway.

The main thrust of that old media trope is that comedians secretly prefer a...