Review: Miles Jupp @ Warwick Arts Centre
Miles Jupp: a different class Self-confessed ‘privileged’ stand-up Miles Jupp doesn’t pay much attention to the news. It’s an odd confession from a comic who presents one of BBC Radio’s flagship...
View ArticlePreview: Stewart Lee @ Birmingham Town Hall
Stewart Lee: Escaping his certain fate... Earlier this summer seasoned stand-up Stewart Lee celebrated 25 years of doing shows at the Edinburgh Festival. His Silver Stewbilee marked a very busy year...
View ArticleReview: Stewart Lee @ Birmingham Town Hall
Stewart Lee: Not a fan of Adrian Chiles... The latest tour from Stewart Lee, titled Vegetable Stew, sees the revered stand-up trying out material which will feature in the second series of his TV show,...
View ArticlePreview: Simon Munnery on tour
Simon Munnery: "If only there was a God, there'd be no need for CCTV." The phrase “intelligent stand-up” is bandied around a little too loosely sometimes, but it couldn’t be more appropriate when used...
View ArticleReview: Simon Munnery @ MAC
Simon Munnery: Cerebral stand-up and conceptual meals Simon Munnery‘s cerebral stand-up has been lighting up the comedy circuit for a long time now, and if his profile is not as high now as it was...
View ArticleReview: Kill For a Seat September 2011 @ MAC
Tom Wrigglesworth: Not your average compere For the latest Kill For a Seat night at the MAC, there was one obvious difference compared with previous shows. This time around, there was no appearance...
View ArticleReview: Kill For a Seat November 2011 @ MAC
In recent months Birmingham has seen some fledgling comedy clubs starting up to offer something a little bit different. Along with the fortnightly Comedy At the Hare & Hounds night run by local...
View ArticleReview: Festival of the Spoken Nerd @ Warwick Arts Centre, October 14th 2012
Festival of the Spoken Nerd: Image by Idul Sukan “The show takes longer if you get all the jokes.” Matt Parker is one-third of geek comedy trio Festival of the Spoken Nerd, along with Helen Arney and...
View ArticlePreview: Frisky and Mannish @ Wolverhampton Wulfrun, November 1st 2012
Frisky & Mannish: Photo by Rosie Collins Musical comedy duo Frisky & Mannish will be bringing their vast repertoire of inspired pop parodies and gags to Wolverhampton Wulfrun on Thursday...
View ArticleSimon Munnery @ MAC, November 15th 2013
Simon Munnery: surrealism on screen Few established stand-ups have such a restless commitment to experimentalism as Simon Munnery. A stalwart of Britain’s leftfield comedy scene, Munnery has in recent...
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