(The beginning of this post features very minor and general spoilers from How I Met Your Mother, however, half way through I launch into total spoilers of the last season, and I recommend you don’t read it until you have… Continue Reading
Lucy Porter – Northern Soul – 21 November, 2013 – Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham [This is part of my ongoing series of ridiculously late, and thus shorter, reviews while I catch up] When she’s not labelling me a sexual predator,… Continue Reading
Jeremy Hardy – Nuffield Theatre, Southampton – November 15, 2013 This is running very late, so I’m going to make it short and sweet. Jeremy Hardy is a very funny man but, as he acknowledged, he’s been doing stand-up for… Continue Reading
Simon Munnery – West End Centre, Aldershot – 2 November 2013 Simon Munnery is a criminally underappreciated comic, and his latest show, Fylms, is both ingenious and hilarious. And, as Munnery himself points out, stadium ready. The concept is deceptively… Continue Reading
Mark Thomas – 100 Acts of Minor Dissent – Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham – Friday September 13, 2013 I’ve been delaying writing this review, not because I didn’t enjoy myself, but because I really wasn’t sure how to approach writing… Continue Reading
Stewart Lee – Much A-Stew About Nothing – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton – September 15, 2013 Honestly, this isn’t going to be much of a review. Stewart Lee is one of the best comedians around, but he operates on such a… Continue Reading
Adam Hills – Nuffield Theatre, Southampton – Sunday September 8, 2013 The first two times I saw Adam Hills were at The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth, a nice intimate venue housing about 150 people, but this marks the first time… Continue Reading
Robin Ince and Josie Long – Robin & Josie’s Shampbles – South Street Arts Centre, Reading – Saturday September 7, 2013 It’s slightly unfair reviewing this show, seeing as how it’s a late addition to the schedule and is intended… Continue Reading
I loved the original Kick Ass, which seemed eager to give the burgeoning comic book superhero movie market a kick right where it hurts and call it something nasty while it was at it, so I was really looking forward… Continue Reading
If you don’t know who Alan Partridge is then shame on you, but at least you have a brilliantly funny journey to set yourself on. Alan (the comic creation of Steve Coogan) is a sports reporter, turned chat show host,… Continue Reading