2,035 stories by "Brian Logan"
At Edinburgh, newsworthiness and cultural clout get mashed together. Sometimes it works. For Joshua Ladgrove's thinner-than-thin imitation of Christ, it doesn't Continue reading...
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghThe standup spices his story of moving east and teaching himself Mandarin with breathless skits about his job as a greeter and his appearance on the Chinese Take Me …
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghThe incongruous leftwing revolutionaries are back with a meek but musically inspired set Jonny and the Baptists v Ukip: aren't there better targets to lampoon? Conti…
There's a predictable clash of sensitivities at Davidson's Edinburgh show at the Assembly Hall Review of Jim Davidson's Edinburgh show by Brian Logan Jim Davidson's Edinburgh fringe debut 'r…
Is Liam Williams the voice of austere, embittered Britain? Brian Logan meets 'the Philip Larkin of comedy' as his angry new show Capitalism hits the Edinburgh festival Continue reading...
Long's show about growing older is authentic, revealing and generous of spirit but she still finds the space to mime attacking Nigel Farage with marshmallows Continue reading...
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAn endearing Beaumont makes her festival debut with a comedy routine that relies on homely tales and dizzy observations Continue reading...
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAn endearing Beaumont makes her festival debut with a comedy routine that relies on homely tales and dizzy observations' Lucy Beaumont: are northerners funnier …
Assembly Hall, EdinburghDavidson once again defies good taste with a lurid, leering standup routine mainly about "fat birds", fannies and knobs Continue reading...
Underbelly, EdinburghNew Zealander Trygve Wakenshaw, of Squidboy cult fame, takes a skilful tour of an imaginary shape-shifting world Continue reading...
Laughing Horse at the Counting House, EdinburghOmielan balances a sense of her own ridiculousness with heart-and-soul ardour in a standup act thats unlike anything else comedy has to offer C…
Soho theatre, LondonThe American entertains with wind-up one-liners about paedophilia and serial killing, but his noxious pay-offs are surprisingly funny Continue reading...
Increasingly, big-name comedians are swapping the usual standup format for something that seems more intimate, honest and a bit of a get-out Continue reading...
Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonDarby's loser act keeps him and us smiling, but some trimming of his silly storytelling would make this show a winner Continue reading...
Monty Python Live (Mostly) massages a G-spot of familiarity with little truly funny live material we're left with a few comfortable laughs and a true sentimental charge Monty Python reviews…
How will Luisa Omielan follow up last year's triumph? Who will be this year's Bridget Christie? Here are the acts to watch out forThe comedy website Chortle reported this week on "a har…
Little Angel theatre, LondonThe much-loved Disney songs aren't missed in this one-woman performance of Rudyard Kipling's taleMy daughter does a fine line in misheard song lyrics, and one of …
Hammersmith Apollo, London There's too much talk and too few new tricks amid the fire-breathing, bottle-juggling virtuosity That's not magic: Penn, Teller and Derren Brown reveal all (or do …
The City of London festival will focus on late-night humour let's hope it brings an end to comedians' silence on the banking crisisIt's so old, no one can say how and when it came into bein…
Soho theatre, LondonAt its best, the show simply spreads the pleasure Hall and his band take in the songs, and in one another's companyThe songs are often the best part of Rich Hall's standu…
Soho theatre, LondonRahman's flippancy deficit flouts standup convention and his approach to racial politics is both outspoken and unsentimental How Aamer Rahman's 'reverse racism' joke save…
In tune with our sceptical times, magicians debunk the supernatural But are they really as rationalist as they claim?Richard Dawkins may or may not approve, but I was reading my daughter a s…
From his violent slapstick act in the the Dangerous Brothers to his anarchist poet Rick, his acts must have seemed outrageous to a generation reared on Jim Bowen and Tom O'Connor. Today's co…
Soho theatre, LondonPart White Stripes, part Dresden Dolls with added facial slap, this double act makes for an enjoyably silly hour of good tunesDie Roten Punkte are sibling duo Astrid and …
The Aussie comic on his YouTube hit, why teachers are using his video and how his 'police-related activity' means he won't be touring the US anytime soonLate last year, Aussie comic Aamer Ra…
