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Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: It is without a doubt that Monahan’s rise to fame has come through hard work, rather than luck. Paying the bills by being ITV London’s regular warm up comedian led to many appearances on The Paul O’Grady Show and The 5 O’clock Show and it is through these avenues and 8 [...]

Writer: Toby Hadoke Reviewer: Stephanie Walls The Public Reviews Rating: Toby Hadoke’s Now I Know My BBC is the follow up to his critically acclaimed show Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf. We spend an hour with Hadoke as he gently explores and reminds us of various BBC Shows from his childhood and beyond. We see Hadoke question, [...]

Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Joel Dommett and Eric Lampaert are bringing their own unique style, sense of humour and indeed way of running your own show at the festival to the depths of should we say gut of Underbelly. I was expecting a sketch based show, don’t ask me why I thought that, I guess [...]

Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: Most of us are familiar with seeing Paul Merton on a variety of television programs however it is a pleasure to see him back on a live stage. Joined by Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson, Suki Webster and Mike McShane, Merton invites the audience to join him and chums in an evening [...]

Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: It almost feels a little redundant having to write a review for a production when you know by the time it gets published the whole tour will have been finished and complete, but as we know that is what the job entails. Opening the show as the First half warm up [...]

Reviewer: Matthew Nichols The Public Reviews Rating: My association with Reginald D Hunter goes back a long way. 10 years ago (crikey!) I saw a series of ‘fresh’ – a promoter’s byword for ‘untested’ or ‘hit-and-miss’ – new comedians tough it out with a harrowing Birmingham audience. It can’t have been easy for them. We were leathered. They [...]

Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: Universally recognised at ‘the bald one from Mock The Week’, Dara O’Briain shows us that he’s more than just a quiz show host as he goes solo at The Lowry. This comedy act is the first I’ve seen in some time where the headliner performs the entire set. As O’Briain gleefully [...]

Writer: Daniel Kitson Reviewer: Clare Howdon The Public Reviews Rating: As well as still being one of the best stand-up comedian’s on the block, Daniel Kitson is also a remarkable storyteller, and this talent has been simmering quietly since his 2006 Fringe First winning piece C-90. Kitson’s new piece ‘66A Church Road’ clearly evidences how his theatrical mastery [...]