2,036 stories by "Brian Logan"
Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe cabaret trio are at their best when they deviate from their genteel-does-crude shtickI'm a sucker for a tortuous rhyme, so I'll cut the songwriters who pair "p…
ITV gets worried about offensive terminology, BBC goes for gender-balanced panel shows and Panorama takes on Comic Relief. Plus: Prince to act on a sitcom … as himselfThis week's comedy ne…
In live comedy, it seems that no one feels any further need to apologise for using material about Operation Yewtree. But should they?How soon is too soon to joke about the crimes of Jimmy Sa…
Red-top brands comedian a hypocrite, Jack Dee criticises Crewe and Jimmy Carr tells Ross Noble not to knock Mock the WeekThis week's comedy newsThe gloves are off in Brand versus the Sun. On…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonDonnelly's easygoing pub banter is low-horizoned stuff that rarely reaches for anything more challenging " or more satisfyingCarl Donnelly was nominated for a…
Soho theatre, LondonTruth, falsehood and the autobiographies of Andre Agassi, Michael Caine and Cherie Blair in a high-concept show whose cleverness only slightly outshines its jokesDoes it …
TV writer Brian Lowry in hot water, Reginald Hunter says being called misogynist is 'rude' and Omid Djalili tries to crack America " againThis week's comedy newsAn august organ makes a fool …
Cleese and crew in 'secret talks', with a press conference imminent. Plus: is legendary comic Andy Kaufman really dead?' Monty Python: five favourite sketches " videoThis week's comedy newsT…
There's Much A-Stew about Lee as critic walks out. Meanwhile, Judi Dench fights film censorship and Ricky Gervais joins an animal activist campaignThis week's comedy newsAccusations and coun…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonBaker's voyage through the first 13 bestselling singles of the 21st century makes for a light and tight showIt starts with Bob the Builder, so at first you fe…
Hunter's followers retaliate with death threats. Plus: Russell Brand is 'double double against genocide', Jon Stewart lashes out at media and John Cleese hates today's comedyThis week's come…
Beck theatre, HayesThe Pub Landlord doesn't serve up radical new comedy, but Murray is a quick wit who turns his tactlessness on himselfThere are two comedians preaching revolution at the mo…
Watch a brand-new Channel 4 online comedy series, the Alernative Comedy Memorial Society, starring Isy Suttie, Thom Tuck, Josie Long and a firmament of other comedy starsReading on mobile? C…
Stand-up comedian says the show is 'terrible'. Plus: Jo Brand cracks a Prince Harry cocaine joke, Russell Brand edits the New Statesman and moreThis week's comedy news Panel shows are, not f…
Firestation, WindsorConaty's loveable loser makes for charming company, but she's in need of a few more winning linesWould you prefer charm or craft from your standup? Roisin Conaty has heap…
Arts theatre, LondonThe American comic duo adds a few more oddball characters to its pantheon in this spry fantasy epicThey're not household names and they have no TV profile yet, but here t…
O2 Arena, LondonIf you've got a taste for straight-up 1970s nostalgia comedy, you'll take a lot away from comedy stalwart Micky Flanagan's latest setYou may have seen Micky Flanagan on …
The Britain's Got Talent judge says she was attacked by an unnamed comic, 21st-century comics grapple with homosexuality, and David Brent realises his rock-god dreamsNot much to laugh about …
Bloomsbury Theatre, LondonI defy you to love The Office and not experience a shiver of pleasure to see its anti-hero swagger onstage in this showHe's been invited to play Wembley Arena, if y…
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe standup was on excellent form dismantling the half-truths we tell to keep oblivion at bayWe're All Going to Die! Richard Herring tells us in the title of …
Birmingham Symphony Hall Comic gets the balance right between imparting hippie-leftie wisdom and sending himself upThe show begins, and Russell Brand comes among us, pressing flesh all the …
The US comedian slams Two and a Half Men's Chuck Lorre for nabbing her gags, Jennifer Saunders slags off the BBC and Johnny Vegas interviews himselfThis week's comedy newsIt's a powderkeg is…
The Daily Express blasts Lee Mack for his views on female comedians, a bunch of comedians take part in skirmishes, and Hello Ladies gets lacklustre reviewsThis week's comedy newsYou know you…
Their wrestling show put Edinburgh in a chokehold, their latest play hits London soon " and they've only been at the comedy game a few monthsIn spring this year, Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzale…
While Nan gets a TV show of her own, Jason Manford protests high booking fees, and comedy writers clash over Radio 4This week's comedy newsAfter last week's news of Mitchell and Webb's sketc…
