Review: Apocalypso! Hen & Chickens Theatre, London
The evening began with the compere Matthew Crosby dabbling in some light banter with a member of the audience who arrived late. Although humorous, his prepared material was a lot stronger, turning his...
View ArticleReview: Joe Wilkinson ‘My Mum’s Called Stella & My Dad’s Called Brian’, The...
The theme music for Joe Wilkinson’s entry was MGMT’s ‘Kids’, a song that seemed to encapsulate his playful opening as, after raising his hands high in the air several times, as is characteristic of...
View ArticleReview: “I Have Something To Say – An Evening With Matt Fisher”, The Tristan...
Arrogant, thinks he’s a hit with the ladies and lacking complete self-awareness – Matt Fisher is one of the most exciting comic character creations on the up-and-coming comedy scene. Joz Norris, the...
View ArticleReview: Paul Foot, ‘Still Life’, The Bloomsbury Theatre, London
“Do not analyse the humour, yield to it!” If ever there was a quote by Paul Foot that succinctly summarised how an audience is to react to his comedy, it is the above! In an outfit that resembled one...
View ArticleReview: Max & Iván: Are Holmes & Watson, The Soho Theatre, London
Whatever you have planned until Saturday 21st January 2012, make sure at least one night involves going to the Soho Theatre to see Max & Iván: Are Homes & Watson. Whether you have encyclopedic...
View ArticleReview: Doctor Brown: ‘Becaves’, The Soho Theatre, London
“I’ve never seen something like that before!” This quote is from the lady sitting next to me after the first scene of Doctor Brown’s show Becaves and it is the most apt way of describing every element...
View ArticleReview: Festival of the Spoken Nerd, The Bloomsbury Theatre, London
On the day of the Wikipedia Blackout what better show to watch than Festival of the Spoken Nerd! Helen Arney, Steve Mould and Matt Parker delighted the audience with science, story-telling, songs and...
View ArticleReview: Chris Ramsey, ‘Offermation’, The Soho Theatre, London
As soon as Chris Ramsey came on stage, his ease and eagerness to interact with the audience was apparent and, if there wasn’t a time limit, the interactivity could have gone on indefinitely but,...
View ArticleInterview with Phil Boothman
Comedy Blogedy: How long have you been gigging in stand-up? Phil Boothman: Just over three years, I started back in August 2008 at a variety night at The Oakford Social Club in Reading, where I used to...
View ArticleReview: The Scatpack, ‘Lights! Camera! Improvise!’, The Hen & Chickens...
The cinematic experience of Lights! Camera! Improvise! begins as soon as the lights start to dim and Oscar, a character that claims to have “every movie ever made…every film you could ever imagine”...
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