Assembly Hall theatre, Tunbridge Wells Heartfelt two-act show revels in the manic, painful and sometimes amusing fallout of recovering from alcoholism Has the advent of trauma-comedy been a boon to standup, broadening its emotional range? Or has it, as the sceptics argue, replaced tears of laughter with tears of sympathy? I'll meet those sceptics halfway tonight: John Robins' Howl is both more and less than a comedy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AM on October 6, 2023