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Sandra Bernhard, Leicester Square Theatre, London
Sunday, 31 May 2009
The real test of stand-up stamina – to keep your heels on
The Comedy Store's 30th Birthday, The Comedy Store, London (Rated 4/ 5 )
Monday, 25 May 2009
The old ones are still the best
Showstopper!, Leicester Square Theatre, London (Rated 3/ 5 )
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Little Briton with a large talent
Russell Brand, The 02, London
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Russell Brand's stand-up is funny enough without having to drag poor Andrew Sachs into his routine
Rob Brydon, Hexagon, Reading (Rated 2/ 5 )
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
When Rob Brydon's support act, Hal Cruttenden, announces himself, there's the customary puzzlement from the section of the audience that didn't realise there was a warm-up.
Russell Brand, Bloomsbury Theatre, London
Monday, 19 January 2009
No apology, and not all that many laughs either
Eight lessons and carols for godless people, Bloomsbury Theatre, London (Rated 4/ 5 )
Monday, 22 December 2008
Rational festive cheer with the godless squad
Russell Howard, Wembley Arena, London
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
"If I pull back this curtain you can see the rest of the venue. It's massive, and at the end of it there's a big picture of Lee Evans." So went Russell Howard's self-deprecating take on a concertinaed Wembley Arena and previous comics who filled the full version. Nevertheless, the gig rounds off a sold-out 70-date tour that has included a number of nights like this where Howard's audience has topped 3,500.
Eddie Izzard: Stripped, Lyric Theatre, London
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
At the after-show party of this year's Secret Policeman's Ball, Germaine Greer led the singing of headliner Eddie Izzard's praises, comparing his imagination to that of Peter Cook, even after his so-so performance. Two years before, at the same event, a comedian incredulously asked me how Izzard could get so worked up about flies, after another so-so performance in which Izzard deliberated on the mores of the insect world.
Eddie Izzard, Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue, London
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Return of the genius who knows how to play the Fool
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