Rich Hall

Over the years I have seen Rich Hall either in the passing or on TV, not having seen him live I thought it was about time but was twice in one day a mistake? Firstly in his self written … Read More

Kirsten O’Brien & Ruth Bratt  –  Lesley’s Lunch Hour

Kirsten O’Brien & Ruth Bratt  –  Lesley’s Lunch Hour CBBC’s Kirsten O’Brien and Kellog’s girl Ruth Bratt perform this lunchtime sketch show daily in the Pleasance Attic. I had first seen them work together in the 4 Queens Poker … Read More

Nelly Thomas  –  Family Ties

Nelly Thomas is a new name to me in the comedy world. This Western Australian lady does the usual introductionary chat with her audience, even finding some of her fellow countrymen who lived not far from her birth place. … Read More

Reginald D Hunter  –  Pride And Prejudice And Niggas

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Tony Law  –  The Dog Of Time

Searching through the Fringe programme it some times takes that little something extra to make the cut. In this case a cute puppy, not that Tony’s that bad looking either. Canadian Tony managed to loose his dog Cartridge Davidson … Read More

Sally Swallows & The Rise of Londinian

Billed as the Uk’s darkest and nastiest comedy -horror sketch show, I suppose it maybe has reached it’s aims.

I found it nasty, the script horrible and the jokes and running gags generally poor.

I was not alone, the person … Read More

Russell Howard – Skylarking

Russell Howard first came to our attention during the Pleasance Press Launch in 2004, we then saw him at The Stand Comedy Club. On the strength of these two snippets I went to see his full show ‘Skylarking’.

Both Russell … Read More

Russell Brand – Eroticised Humour

Ok to start with I don’t watch ‘Big Brother’, we don’t have digital TV and I hadn’t been drinking before the show.

Why then did it surprise me that I felt I was in a plastic bubble being kept away … Read More

Romantic Comedy – A Stand-Up Show

Terry Saunders is a tall, mid 20’s Londoner with something of a Woody Allen Appearance. He has an engaging, easy and even soft delivery.

Opening with a lively routine about auctioning on e-bay, he quickly involved the audience with some … Read More

Robert Dubac’s The Male Intelect: An Oxymoron

Apologies to those familiar with the figure of speech, but an oxymoron is defined as the combination of contradictory words to form an expressive phrase. Knowing this, gives an idea where Robert Dubac is coming from. The male intellect, he … Read More