Victoria Wood + Me: Mo Shapiro 3***

There can be no doubt that Victoria Wood has gone down in the annuls of time as a national treasure and has legions of fans. Rightly too. It is an honour … Read More

Mick Ferry is just a Bloke 4****

Mick Ferry is a bloke there is no doubt about that. I can’t agree with the ’just’ part as he is a quality comedian who has a wealth of experience together … Read More

Stephen Bailey: Should’ve been a Popstar 4****

I don’t know if Stephen Bailey should have been a pop star. I haven’t heard him sing. I think he is doing a bit more than alright in his career as a stand-up comedian, and judging by the way … Read More

Festival of the Spoken Nerd: Just for Graphs 5*****

This is the sort of show where you’d give them five stars and they’d ask you which specific five, named stars. And I don’t mean in the can’t-think-what-to-get-for-someone’s-birthday sort of name, but the proper scientific identifier. Thankfully, they’d do so … Read More

John Robertson: Let’s Redecorate! 4****

John Robertson’s comedy teeters on the very edge of acceptable, and sometimes it’s as if he’s looking for an audience to say, nope, you can’t have that one, that was too far. Some of his funny is pure … Read More

If Men Ruled The World 3***

It feels like I should start this along the same lines as the spoof “review” that Demitris Deech began his show with, but no; just no.

Deech’s high energy performance definitely gets a yes, however. There was plenty of audience … Read More

Andrew Watts – How to Build a Chap 4****

Andrew Watts has the difficult task of performing a show about feminism to a mixed audience. He has to tread a fine line between baffled men and women sick of having things “Mansplained” to them. However tread it he does, … Read More

Nish Kumar: Long Word… Long Word… Blah Blah Blah… I’m so Clever 5*****

2015. Nish Kumar will turn 30. He will have been in comedy for ten years. He says it really has got to work now. It does. And then some.

Since I first saw him in 2012 I have thought this … Read More

That Pair: Letting it Go 2**

That Pair, sketch comedy duo Kathryn Bond and Lorna Shaw were previously known as The Silky Pair and it has been a couple of years since I loved their previous offerings.

However … Read More

Ed Byrne: Outside Getting In 4****

Ed Byrne started his comedy career 21 years ago he tells us near the top of the 2015 opus and has been consistently performing top class shows ever since. He remains one of the top acts … Read More