Martin ThomassonJeremy Sams, adapter and director of this stage version of the popular 1970s sitcom The Good Life, points out how current the central clash of ideas seems to be. On the one hand, we have careerist Gerry (played here by Dominic Rowan) and his...
The Play That Went Wrong is a relentlessly inventive, immaculately choreographed farce. For the first time ever, I have to begin a review with a health warning: please donât try drinking white spirit, and donât (for a joke) put it in anybody elseâs...
Brian DonaldsonSheâs been dubbed the âgodmother of Scottish comedyâ and numbers Billy Connolly among her fans. Now, Janey Godley is set to spread her appeal across the nation as this quintessentially Glaswegian comic takes the Soup Pot Tour over the border and...
Carmel ThomasonBritainâs Got Talent Golden Buzzer comedian KOJO ANIM ahead of his 26-date debut solo tour Kojo Anim became the comedy sensation of Britainâs Got Talent 2019, when Simon Cowell used his golden buzzer to send the 39-year-old straight into the semi...
Thereâs more to Mammyâs favourite Irish comedian, Jimmy Cricket than his R & L Wellies. After 50-plus years in the spotlight, the comedian has drawn on his experience to pen a new stage comedy, âNo More Fiffing and Faffingâ. Jimmy also stars in...
Rob Beckettâs comedy has long been packing a solid punch, so heâs found the ideal title for his new touring show in Wallop! The London comic is a regular face on TV, having been a team captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats, hooked up with Mr Ranganathan on...
Comedian John-Luke Roberts returns to the Lowry with his new show, âAfter Me Comes the Flood (But in French) drip splosh splash drip BLUBBP BLUBBP BLUBBPBLUBBPBLUBBP!!â Jokes about staring into the Nietzschean void, the stupid decisions of kings and...
Not a man to needlessly set about causing divisions in his audience, the very funny Stephen K Amos has always been an everyman comedian. Fitting then, that his brand spanking new UK tour should be called Everyman. But in his typically open and non...
Fresh from a totally sold-out, critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Suzi Ruffell hits the road with another show that proves sheâs a stand-up rapidly becoming a household name. With Dance Like Everyoneâs Watching, this self-titled...
Abigoliah Schauman high kicks the air and jokes she should have brought her tap shoes. For a comic transitioning from comedy clubs to theatre spaces, the Lowry Studio is a big stage. Abigoliah is quick to claim it: âIâm so American I donât need a...
