2,036 stories by "Brian Logan"
Tim Vine is famed for his one-liners. Can he teach Brian Logan the art of the fast gag?Did you know that if you shine an Anglepoise lamp at a rabbit's paws, it can make the silhouette of a c…
Comedians Tim Vine and Milton Jones are famed for their one-liners. Can they teach Brian Logan the art of the fast gag? Continue reading...
Watford Palace theatreIf, as their publicity claims, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are "kings of satire", then satire is in need of a palace coup. In their first stage outing for three years, t…
Soho theatre, LondonThere's a surprise joke in the middle of Jonny Sweet's show, which turns on the idea that he hasn't enough material to sustain an hour-long set. Sweet gets away with it: …
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonMark Watson's new show is one long fret about the insufficient impact he thinks he's making on the world. I'm sure you'll join me in extending your sympathies …
Soho theatre, LondonTwenty-six gigs in 26 days: Will Adamsdale is off on a marathon tour of 26 venues, all within a few miles of each other. A pointless endeavour? Well, that's just the poin…
Cambridge Corn ExchangeSome shows date quicker than others. "I've had another shit year," says Rhod Gilbert, introducing this touring version of his 2009 Edinburgh festival show. But " even …
Looking for a new you for the new year? Well, help is at hand. Brian Logan meets a 'motivational life coach' with a differenceThe Edinburgh comedy award is held to confer instant greatness o…
From relative newcomers such as Andi Osho to old-timers such as John CleeseJerry SadowitzIn what's becoming a January tradition, Britain's most malicious comic brings his ranting-and-magic c…
The comedian's latest show, Cradle to Rave, is autobiographical - and a bold departure from previous workThere won't be many standups on tour in 2011 whose most recent accolade, at the…
In the summer Brian Logan bemoaned a lack of it. So have any comedians made him reconsider?In August, I wrote an article in G2 about the lack of political comedy on the Edinburgh Fringe. Her…
Leicester Square theatreA lot has changed since Richard Herring premiered his show Christ On a Bike in 2001. The New Atheism movement has arrived to redeem us. Rationalist comedy is all the …
Leicester Square theatre, London"A big proportion of the world is thick as shit," says Australian standup Jim Jeffries. And so it may seem to him: with an act like this, he's unlikely t…
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Brighton Centre"Nothing ruins comedy like arenas," sings Tim Minchin. But comedy doesn't usually feature a 55-piece orchestra. The Aussie minstrel succeeds where several comedians (his compa…
Bloomsbury theatre, LondonWhy do I find it funny when one man teaches an imaginary rabbit to talk, but not when another man dresses in a silver leotard and impersonates a cat? I can't stop l…
Bloomsbury theatre, LondonWhy do I find it funny when one man teaches an imaginary rabbit to talk, but not when another man dresses in a silver leotard and impersonates a cat? I can't stop l…
The comedian has been criticised for daring to talk about art rather than do gags. Why aren't comics allowed to do serious?I saw an episode of House for the first time recently. I didn't re…
Purcell Room, LondonSome experiences are critic-proof, and they include being coerced into impersonating a birthing goose by the wife of spoof metal legend Derek Smalls. Fans of Spinal Tap o…
Ambassadors Theatre, LondonJohn Shuttleworth starts his new show dressed as - who, exactly? "Oliver Cromwell," says Sheffield's versatile vocalist and organist, "but it's not quite right, is…
The controversial comic is now free of the BBC straitjacket " but has Channel 4 just given him enough rope to hang himself?John Crace on the Battle for Barking and The Morgana Show"Limitatio…
Richmond Theatre, LondonHis recent BBC documentary The Dirty South announced a mission to redeem the reputation of America's bottom half " which may be why Rich Hall has left redneck alter e…
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonLast week, Jason Manford quit as presenter of BBC1's The One Show after revelations of text and Twitter flirting with fans; he has now publicly rededicated him…
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonIt has been a difficult week for Jason Manford, who last week quit as presenter of BBC1's The One Show after revelations of text and Twitter flirting with female fa…
'Sometimes gigs are news stories too'Sometimes reviews aren't just reviews, they are news. We newspaper critics tend to present our work in topical terms " and one way of doing that is …
