Comedy 2018 Archives - Page 12 of 16 - One4Review
Sara Barron: For Worse 4****
August 9, 2018 | one4reviewMs Barron nailed her introduction and had a lacklustre Wednesday audience on side even before she hit the stage. From that stage she delivers good, well crafted stand-up which kept (most of) the audience well-engaged for the duration (some people … Read More
Andrea Hubert: Holes of Joy 3***
August 9, 2018 | one4reviewMs Hubert comments/warns/mentions at the top of the show that it’s more of a 9pm show than a 2pm show, and seemed delighted that at least one audience member had some alcohol in a plastic glass; the show does visit … Read More
Lost Voice Guy : Inspiration Porn 4****
August 8, 2018 | one4reviewBeore the show begins we see a video of highlights from The Paralympics. An inspirational film, we think, for disabled people. No. Lost Voice Guy tells us that far from being inspirational, it makes us mere mortal disabled people, feel … Read More
Hal Cruttenden : Chubster 5*****
August 8, 2018 | one4reviewHal Cruttenden is absolutely hilarious! For his entrance he does a really rather competent dance interpretation of “Let It Go”! Camp? Oh yes!
By his own admission, he is a curious cross between Mr Tumble and Martin Roberts from Homes … Read More
Alice Fraser Ethos 3***
August 8, 2018 | one4reviewIn her last Edinburgh Show (Empire), Alice took a piercing look at the highbrow intellectual challenges of our time and succeeded massively. I guess her regular following were expecting more of the same but interlaced with a penetrating look into … Read More
GAMARJOBAT The shut up comedy from Japan 4****
August 8, 2018 | one4reviewThis Japanese pair are masters of one of purest forms of slapstick (physical comedy) entertainment that requires the performer to know how to do a little bit of everything. They have truly mastered their craft in the Tokyo mime theatres … Read More
Glenn Moore :- Glenn, Glenn, Glenn, How Do You Like It 4****
August 8, 2018 | one4reviewIf there was an award as to how much material and gags a comic could pack into his hour then Moore would win it hands down. This is the third time I have seen him in recent years and always … Read More
Gyles Brandreth : Break A Leg 4****
August 8, 2018 | one4review
Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, actor and former Conservative Member of Parliament. A man who has been round the show biz block and back! And over the next hour we are left in no doubt about Gyles’ showbiz … Read More
Helen Duff: How Deep Is Your Duff? 3*** and a half
August 8, 2018 | one4reviewThe title of this show is a sort-of vague innuendo, with a nod to the show’s lightly sexual themes, and the show itself works up to a peak, with the laughs coming ever more frequently and enthusiastically as the show … Read More
Larry Dean :- Bampot 4****
August 8, 2018 | one4reviewIt’s not so long ago that Larry Dean, a young Glasgow born comedian, was playing small rooms but such is the growth of his popularity this year he is almost constantly selling out vast spaces like Assembly Checkpoint. Dean, Scottish … Read More
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