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Compere: Dan Evans Performers: Dan Antopolski, Martin Coyote, Chris Lynam Reviewer: Rachael Martin The Public Reviews Rating: Having promoted live comedy from comedians of all walks of life, the Screaming Blue Murder comedy club hosts in venues across the UK, bringing unique acts to audiences everywhere. One venue which hosts the Screaming Blue Murder comedy club once a [...]

Writer: James Martyn Rogers Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: Comedians use the occasional song to add variety to their act. Boothby Graffoe does the reverse – music dominates his performance. He goes so far as to enlist the support of talented multi-instrumentalist Nick Pynn to boost the sound of the show. Less successfully he uses, and [...]

Writers: James Britton, Rick Laxton, David Issac, Michael Bryne, Mike Woodhead, Stephen Mawhinney, Stephen Holford and Martin Holmes. Director: Hugh O’Shea & James Britton Reviewer: Raylene Robertson The Public Reviews Rating: Messrs Comedy combined audio and visual pieces to create an eclectic mix of innovative comedy sketches. The writing was simple yet clever, not once relying on the [...]

Performer: John Shuttleworth Reviewer: David Noble The Public Reviews Rating: John Shuttleworth’s A Man With No More Rolls tour came to Liverpool last night; although apparently the title was supposed to be ‘A Man With No Morals’, except this information was badly transcribed due to the fact his agent was biting into a sandwich at the time of [...]

Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: The title of the show ‘ Self Employed’ suggests that Simon Munnery will be performing without hiding behind comic personalities. This is a bit misleading as the second act opens with Munnery in a variety of guises welcoming us to ‘ La Conceptua’ – a restaurant where the diners are served concepts instead of [...]

Writer: Leslie Jordan Director: David Galligan Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: Without a doubt, Leslie Jordan is a memorable character. Familiar to most from his numerous appearances on American TV series’, most notably the role of Beverley Leslie in Will & Grace for which he earned an Emmy Award in 2006, Jordan is very definitely a [...]

Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: There was something wrong, clearly wrong. The minutes kept going by and yet Mr Kitson was nowhere to be seen. The stage was bear, apart from a small whicker table, upon which a small radio microphone stood basking in the warm glow of the red lighting which adorned the stage. The [...]

Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: For all the benefits of observational comedy it can be a lazy way of getting laughs through audience recognition of shared experiences. Milton Jones is something of a throwback – writing and telling jokes with punchlines albeit somewhat surreal ones. His new show ‘ Lion Whisperer’ opens slowly. Jones enters in the role of [...]