Something struck me early on in Lucy Porter’s latest show, People Person, and that was the lack of cynicism, anger or snark, all of which seem to infuse so much of modern comedy and comedy performance. It is something which… Continue Reading
Henning Knows Bestest, Henning Wehn – Nuffield Theatre, Southampton – April 28, 2013 Coming towards the end of a run of stand-up comedy I’ve seen, Henning Knows Bestest was probably the show I laughed at the most, but that doesn’t… Continue Reading
An Evening With Rich Hall – Nuffield Theatre, Southampton – March 17, 2013 Rich Hall is a veteran of both the US and UK comedy circuits and, having married a British woman, he splits his time between London and his… Continue Reading
Live Comedy: Festival of the Spoken Nerd @ Forest Arts Centre, New Milton, February 1, 2013 [Sorry I’m late with this] Festival of the Spoken Nerd (FOTSN) are made up of physics graduate and songstress Helen Arney, physics graduate and… Continue Reading
Live Comedy: Alun Cochrane @ Forest Arts Centre, New Milton, January 9, 2013 My partner and I head to a fair few comedy shows, and, as part of this reviewing-spree I’m on, you should be seeing some posts about those… Continue Reading
Sandi Toksvig – My Valentine – Poole Lighthouse, Friday October 5th, 2012 Sandi Toksvig starts her show My Valentine (directed by Pip Broughton) by warning the audience that it has, on occasion, been seen as a bit of a letdown, but she… Continue Reading