Featured Stories
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Review – Hamlet, Young Vic
27 November 2011 3:35 PM | No CommentsMichael Sheen. Not Martin Sheen.
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Review – Comedy of Errors, National Theatre
27 November 2011 2:15 PM | 1 CommentA couple of years ago the idea of Lenny Henry as a Shakespearean actor was a joke. No longer.
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Review – Othello, Sheffield Crucible
22 October 2011 9:50 AM | 4 CommentsA guest blog (guest blog!)
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Review – Simon Callow in Tuesdays at Tescos, Assembly Hall
20 August 2011 9:28 AM | 1 CommentWhat an embarrassing title. I'm embarrassed by it, and I'm not even Simon Callow. ★★
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Review – The Wheel, Traverse Theatre
14 August 2011 10:05 PM | No CommentsInteresting and technically excellent, but lacking in characters to care about. ★★★
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comedy Archive
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Review – The Ginge The Geordie and The Geek, Just the Tonic at the Caves
Posted on August 14, 2011 | 1 CommentEnough here to make it impressive and a few real gems. ★★★★ -
Review – Spent, Pleasance Dome
Posted on August 14, 2011 | No CommentsIncomprehensible. ★ -
Review – Stuart Goldsmith Another Lovely Crisis, Pleasance Courtyard
Posted on August 13, 2011 | No CommentsFunny, personal and poignant. ★★★★ -
Good week / Bad week
Posted on September 3, 2010 | 2 CommentsGood week for Russell Kane, Deathtrap and Tony Kushner. Not so hot for the lovely little Courtyard theatre. -
Review – Chris Addison, Assembly George Street
Posted on August 25, 2010 | 1 CommentThe young guy from the political show with the guy who swears a lot -
Review – Laura Solon: The Owl of Steven, Pleasance Courtyard
Posted on August 24, 2010 | No CommentsSolon is very funny. She’s funnier than almost anybody you or I will ever meet. -
Review – Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog, Pleasance
Posted on August 21, 2010 | No CommentsGreg Davies is, in short, a compelling performer - infectiously funny and honest: well worth seeing. -
Review – A Betrayal of Penguins, Gilded Balloon
Posted on August 20, 2010 | 1 CommentThis is really just an excuse for two very funny guys to get up on stage and entertain for an hour. And entertain they do. -
Review – Gemma Goggin, Gilded Balloon
Posted on August 20, 2010 | No CommentsSex is hardly an uncharted topic for comics and there's little new or unique about the perspectives that Gemma Goggin brings to the debate. -
Review – Bo Burnham, Pleasance Dome
Posted on August 20, 2010 | No CommentsI defy you not to be charmed by Bo Burnham.
