It was actually my parents who first fuelled my love of stand-up comedy. They introduced me to legendary clowns like Dave Allen, Billy Connolly, and Victoria Wood, and we all laughed along to their routines — admittedly long before I... Continue Reading →
For the last few months, a group of my friends has been getting together to watch stand-up. It all started with a '£2 Tuesday' night at 2Northdown, which went down incredibly well. Since then, we have caught shows fairly regularly,... Continue Reading →
One of the aims of this site has always been to extol the virtues of attending live stand-up comedy shows (honestly, it's literally in our 'About Us''). There's something unique about experiencing comedy in its rawest form - a room,... Continue Reading →
As I have mentioned on numerous occasions, I absolutely love the moment during a set when a clown changes the mood of a room in the blink of an eye. Intentionally taking an audience from riotous laughter to a silence... Continue Reading →
It's not often that we get the chance to review West End theatre — even though the last time we did, it went down pretty well — but we think that we may have discovered a bit of a cheat... Continue Reading →
Okay, so full disclosure, this is not a straight review of Samira Banks, but after our most recent visit to 2Northdown, we thought we'd have a bit of fun. Let me start at the beginning... Pre-payday January sucks: it's been... Continue Reading →
It has been quite a while since we last caught a show at the Soho Theatre, no real reason for this but as we walked through the doors it hit me just how much I'd missed it. There is a... Continue Reading →
It's been a few years since I'd heard much from London Hughes. Then she, fairly innocently, joined the biggest conversation on social media (following a now infamous Dispatches documentary) and received an unwarranted level of backlash that caught the attention... Continue Reading →
It’s a strange feeling to be truly gutted that a clown has had to cancel their Fringe run due to other commitments. Whilst also being genuinely dead chuffed that those ‘other commitments’ have led to back-to-back Emmy Nominations for one... Continue Reading →
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