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2,036 stories by "Brian Logan"

Susan Calman finds that Scottish independence is no joke by Brian Logan

Deaths threats to comedian prompt calls for nationalists to raise the tone. Plus, Fringe gets new venue and Trump takes revengeThis week's comedy newsAnd this week " a comedian influences th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:52am on May 7, 2013

Doc Brown " review by Brian Logan

Firestation Arts Centre, WindsorWhat happens to a rapper when he grows up? Doc Brown is 35, with a wife, two kids, and a promising career in comedy, twinning his macho artform with softie su…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36pm on April 18, 2013

Satirist Bassem Youssef cleared of insulting Egyptian president by Brian Logan

Plus: Jim Davidson too 'unpleasant' for theatre in Kent, Frankie Boyle wades in on Thatcher " and is TV comedy a closed shop?This week's comedy newsArrested last week for allegedly "insultin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:09am on April 9, 2013

Chris Addison " review by Brian Logan

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonWe're at London's Southbank Centre to see Chris Addison, so we're in the market, apparently, for jokes about olive oil, Farrow & Ball paint and how "horrible" poo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:01pm on March 31, 2013

Doctor Brown " review by Brian Logan

Soho theatre, LondonAt the end of this show, Doctor Brown widens his arms, impossibly wide, to wrap us all in a big hug. Then one hand wanders downwards, and he's pretending to jerk us off. …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:09pm on March 26, 2013

Louis CK " review by Brian Logan

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SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:39am on March 21, 2013

Rich Hall " review by Brian Logan

Palace theatre, Westcliff-on-SeaThe best thing about comedy, says Rich Hall, the quality that makes it worth defending, is that it doesn't do any harm. That's not a high mast to pin your col…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46pm on March 7, 2013

Les Dawson set for a posthumous return, and an abundance of outrage by Brian Logan

Plus, can a standup double as a judge, and why Danish comics are migrating to the UKThis week's comedy newsMany is the comedian who has died onstage. But few have strutted the boards while 2…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:44am on February 27, 2013

Simon Munnery " review by Brian Logan

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SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:08am on February 25, 2013

Jamie Kilstein " review by Brian Logan

Soho theatre, LondonIt must be an embattled business, being a leftwing comedian in the United States. Jamie Kilsteinhas received death threats for suggesting rape culture is a bad thing and,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43pm on February 21, 2013

Tony Law " review by Brian Logan

Soho theatreHot on the heels of Harry Hill, another alpha nonsense-peddler proves that sometimes (if you get it right, and not many do) comedy is at its best when it means nothing at all. Th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09am on February 20, 2013

Jennifer Saunders blasts Viva Forever! critics and Psycho was a comedy by Brian Logan

Also this week, Mrs Brown's Boys causes a heart attack and Harry Hill comes to the rescueThis week's comedy newsJohnny Vegas has claimed that Daniel Kitson made him quit standup " but is vow…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51pm on February 12, 2013

Sarah Silverman " review by Brian Logan

Bloomsbury theatre, LondonTalk about a statement of intent. Sarah Silverman's first line tonight, a beat after her intro music subsides, is: "I was brutally raped to that song." After t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03pm on February 11, 2013

Milton Jones review by Brian Logan

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SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55am on February 10, 2013

Milton Jones " review by Brian Logan

The Hawth, CrawleyThere's a strain of mathematical nerdiness to all one-liner specialists, of course; the remorseless wordplay, the dismantling of linguistic certainties brick by brick, sugg…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55am on February 10, 2013

Harry Hill - review by Brian Logan

New theatre, Oxford"I'm a 48-year-old ex-doctor," wails Harry Hill, "trying to get laughs out of a baby's belt in a baguette." This is halfway through Sausage Time, his first standup show si…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:28am on February 10, 2013

Sarah Kendall " review by Brian Logan

Soho theatreIkea ads, greengrocers and the work of Hans Christian Andersen: wherever Sarah Kendall looks, sexism looms large. Since her last full show, the former Perrier award nom…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57pm on February 8, 2013

Festival of the Spoken Nerd " review by Brian Logan

Bloomsbury theatre, LondonIt's hip to be square at the moment, as science claims centre of the light-entertainment stage. We've got Dara Ó Briain's Science Club on telly " and we've got …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:52am on January 25, 2013

Alexei Sayle " review by Brian Logan

Soho theatre, LondonIt's "fucking terrifying" returning to standup after 17 years, says Alexei Sayle, and in the first five minutes, you wonder if he is going to pull it off. This is a man w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46pm on January 24, 2013

Seinfeld takes up hip-hop and Rowan Atkinson takes on the law " and wins by Brian Logan

Also in this week's comedy news: Ricky Gervais gets called a 'bad standup' " and what's a 'pricket bat'? Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18am on January 22, 2013

Luisa Omielan " review by Brian Logan

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SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:07pm on January 18, 2013

When comedy becomes theatre by Brian Logan

Tim Minchin, James Corden and other comedians have gatecrashed the world of theatre. Now theatre is getting its own backI first saw Jackson's Way in 2003. The actor and theatre-maker Will Ad…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:00pm on January 9, 2013

Atheism gets funny, Victor Lewis Smith accused of joke-theft " and Michael McIntyre breaks box-office records by Brian Logan

Also in this week's roundup, Billy Connolly and Bill Murray bemoan new comedy, and the controversy surrounding the BBC's assisted-dying sitcom, Way to Go Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11am on January 8, 2013

Atheism gets funny, Victor Lewis Smith accused of joke-theft " and Michael McIntyre breaks box-office records by Brian Logan

Also in this week's roundup, Billy Connolly and Bill Murray bemoan new comedy, and the controversy surrounding the BBC's assisted-dying sitcom, Way to GoThis week's comedy newsReligion and c…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11am on January 8, 2013

The Boy With Tape on His Face " review by Brian Logan

Duchess, LondonThe stages of Britain may be heaving this month with glitz, glitter and TV celebs, but you won't find a more reliably fun-for-all-the-family experience than the West End debut…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:07pm on December 21, 2012
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