British Comedy Guide

The Secret Reviewer #14: Turning the Tables

The Secret Reviewer

Every month our clandestine critic reveals the murky truths behind that infamous trade, and live comedy generally. This month: how furniture could be key to live comedy's future.

If there's one long-neglected item that might get a new lease of life in the eventual post-virus comedy world, it's the table. Along with racism, sexism and mother-in-law-gags, which all definitely needed to go, there were certain less-toxic bits of collateral damage in the mighty early-eighties revolution that changed British comedy.

And the table was one of them. Not immediately or completely, as many of our finest comedy establishments have kept faith...

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Published: Friday 1st May 2020

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