4/5 stars
“Hi, I’m Phill Jupitus. You might recognise me from every fucking show on the television channel Dave… for which I apologise.”
After more than a decade of brilliant-yet-safe comedy panel shows, Jupitus has returned to …

4/5 stars
I’m a sucker for a good comedy magic show. Purists might argue that it’s a style taken up by magicians without the skill to take the profession seriously or comedians without the acumen to …

3/5 stars
It’s hard to imagine James Sherwood ever behaving that badly. He’s such a charming, witty and innocent looking individual, I’d be most surprised to discover that in his spare time he enjoys torturing small …

At predictable intervals, PR agents will invade my inbox with rehearsals room pictures of a celebrity-saturated, soon to be hit, in progress. The idea is to create intrigue, but intrigue is generated with questions and …

Along with the likes of Analogue Productions, Spare Tyre theatre company have recently set out to investigate the people behind scientific procedure. As with Analogue’s 2401 Objects which looked at Henry Molaison, the man whose …

5/5 stars
“Somewhere along the lines, as adults, we have lost our edge” declares Rich Fulcher (”a comedian and actor”, he reminds us later). Fulcher wants us to get a new lease of life back by …

2/5 stars
Steve Pretty has a heck of an anecdote to build his show on. After the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, he was announced as ‘Missing, Presumed Dead’ by the Daily Mail. His mortified friends and …

4/5 stars
“I joined the circus when I was 16″, says Donald, a wild-eyed clown wearing a multi-coloured onesie, smudged make-up and white powdered hair. Donald is one of six roles that Nathan Dean Williams plays …

4/5 stars
The lights are on, but nobody’s home. I’m ashamed to admit that it took me a while to connect the title to the theme of tonight’s show. In essence, the show is an hour …

4/5 stars
Lou Sanders is awesome and she’s going to teach you how to be awesome. At least that’s the premise of the show but as she admits, the content has little to do with the  …

4/5 stars
It’s hard to avoid the cliché of referring to Sammy J as a nerdy comedian. Famed for his catchy keyboard songs and frequently supported by a cast of puppets, the gangly Australian …

3/5 stars
Jay Foreman has started to feel quite old recently, not least of all, when he found out his nephew hadn’t even heard of tape cassettes or Nirvana. Asking his Twitter followers whether …

4/5 stars
If any show is going to snap you out of the dozy afternoon feeling you may have got going on this festival, it’s Max and Ivan Are…Holmes and Watson. A narrative-driven sketch show …

4/5 stars
An utter shambles. That’s the best description I can think of for Tony Law, and it’s also what I really like about him.
I can see how some critics get frustrated by his shows’ …