2,100 stories by "Brian Logan"
Cliffs Pavilion, SouthendThe standup delivers an unstructured show with autobiographical anecdotes and routines about henpecked husbands and women called Fanny
How hard should a comedian try…
Soho theatre, LondonA lesser act might have struggled to follow the brilliant Sydnee Washington, but Faustin's swaggering, gossipy shtick is superb
Has Marie Faustin blundered? Support acts …
Underbelly Boulevard, LondonThere are shocks aplenty as daredevils perform death-defying acts hair-raisingly close to the audience
Circus used to happen in big tops. The Underbelly Boulevard…
Brighton DomeRanganathan's Hustle delivers laughs, but not the shock of the new. It is at its best when we glimpse something meaningful beneath the standard-issue curmudgeonliness
'I'll be h…
Soho theatre, LondonPhil Burgers made clowning hip after winning the Edinburgh comedy award in 2012. Now older, if not wiser, his new show is a little undercooked, but his skill as a perform…
The huge success of her memoir has turbocharged the Scottish comedian's career, with midlife, Catholicism and marriage in her withering sights
Cynicism is now and then expressed about the ph…
At the world's biggest barrel of laughs, Hannah Gadsby, John Kearns and Rose Matafeo rub shoulders with homegrown stars-in-the-making. Our writer has the time of his life
What's the biggest …
Soho theatre, LondonThe star's stage presence is impressive as she charts the journey from her religious upbringing to her first sexual encounters and becoming an adored icon
"Premium ticket…
Soho theatre, LondonIn a lively but disjointed show, the comedian " who used to work in HR for the streamer " delivers routines on office life, dating apps and 90s R&B
From the mailroom …
Soho theatre, LondonSnarling at the audience and cracking cynical jokes, Hoffman's intriguing faux-boorish persona wears thin, undermining her subversively funny riffs
Robby Hoffman recently…
London PalladiumThe comic revives Avid Merrion, Keith Lemon and others in a scatological set of unimaginative jokes
Is he funny, or is his comedy the nadir of western civilisation? Not being…
The US comedian, who won an Emmy for the remarkable 2022 special Rothaniel, makes a bemusing visit to London
When Sarah Silverman took to the stage at Hammersmith Apollo one night in 2008, …
Soho theatre, LondonThe Irish comedian refines gossip to a high art in a big-hitting show packed with whipsmart jokes about the panic of settling down in your 30s
The dates on Catherine Boha…
Soho theatre, LondonWith fine one-liners, the crowd-pleasing east Midlander traces their relationship with their parents in a touching show
Sarah Keyworth launched their standup career with …
Brighton DomeThe comedian guides us through this life-and-death tale of seizure, diagnosis and treatment with his usual brand of self-deprecation
We have all seen comedians die on stage. Is …
Thirty years after his death, the Texan who set out to 'topple idols' remains an outlaw truth-teller for many but his raging material can land with a clunk
I could mark out my comedy critic'…
Soho theatre, LondonThe fringe award-winner compares her romantic relationship to how she feels about her audience in this mildly evasive investigation of inner knottiness
There's a formula …
Composer and lyricist who was a long-time collaborator of Steve Coogan and Harry Hill, and co-created the award-winning musical Spend, Spend, Spend
The composer and lyricist Steve Brown, who…
Thoughtifier, a new European tour, brings familiar whimsy from the Strictly Come Dancing champ. But does the mirth cramp his musical stylings?
Forty years into his performing career, you kno…
Various venuesSets from Lily Phillips, President Obonjo and Foxdog Studios may not rival the Edinburgh fringe, but give a bracing sense of the diversity of the comedy scene
We need a new ki…
Soho theatre, London New show Mettle finds the comic annoyed about flirting, litter, the climate crisis and more, following a milestone birthday
There are few more familiar standup comedy at…
For the Royal Court and Park theatres, putting on comedy acts is a moneyspinning way to find new audiences. But are playhouses set to stage fewer plays?
Caryl Churchill. Sarah Kane. Chris Ra…
Stage revivals of the 70s sitcom and The Fast Show have enough nostalgia value to delight fans. Less certain is what will happen to their more problematic material
The essence of humour is s…
Pleasance theatre, LondonWith Linus Karp as Paltrow, Joseph Martin as the optometrist and a muppet as his lawyer, Awkward Productions delight in the shallowness, star-worship and bad faith
O…
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe Coventry comic's new show centres more on storytelling than polished quips but this is still a boisterous set
In a world where big-name comics prep their tours …
