My girlfriend has two things in life that she truly adores (I am neither of those two things) the first is comedy, the second is sci-fi. In a world where attractive women are being called out online for wearing nerd... Continue Reading →
Full disclosure early on, this is going to be a fawning review. It is a joke that this show wasn’t nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award, BUT I do need to get one thing off my chest before we start…... Continue Reading →
In the midst of writing up all of my Edinburgh Fringe posts I was invited to see Kevin Hart at the O2 Arena. Although I'm not a fan of his movies this is a man whose stand-up has been mentioned... Continue Reading →
I realised a while back that there are many reasons not to write a review of a 'Work in progress' show but I hadn't been to this Vault Festival venue before and wanted to share my experience. I had actually... Continue Reading →
I missed Flo & Joan at last years Edinburgh Festival and, to be honest, it wasn't until they started turning up in TV ads that I remembered wanting to catch their act. They were fun, fresh and offered up some... Continue Reading →
How does one even begin to review Bill Hicks? I think a good place to start would be with his choice of intro music... Hendrix, a genius in his chosen field who left us far too soon and with only... Continue Reading →
Despite being a fan of his work, I have never actually seen Ricky Gervais perform stand-up. Having heard that his live shows were generally inferior to his TV work, I wasn't sure what to expect. But I was very up... Continue Reading →
Many remember Bob Monkhouse as a slick game-show host from the 1980s and 90s. But to reduce him to just that would do a great disservice to arguably the greatest gag merchant of all time. This live performance was his... Continue Reading →
Everyone has a type of comedy that they love - sketch, end-of-pier, quickfire gag artists, surreal, musical etc etc. My personal favourite has always been the storyteller, the clown who can mix insightful truth and sadness into an hour where... Continue Reading →
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