English-born and of Sri Lankan heritage, Romesh Ranganathan sometimes feels like an outsider. In Irrational, he turned the accompanying perspective into good slabs of audience amusement. Through this somewhat narky show ...

Phill Jupitus edged onto the stage strumming a guitar and singing a tune to parody a Coldplay song. It seemed a promising start, but very quickly we got into some surprisingly uninteresting stand-up given what you might ...

Man vs Meth is a kind of comedic schadenfreude. Simon Hughes spends the hour talking about the years he spent using drugs, stretching the definition of “recreational”, until he ultimately finds himself using Ice. Through...

Comedians Jess Perkins & Naomi Higgins come onto the stage looking for a fight. They stand toe-to-toe, fists up and strike a classic pre-match pose, before retiring to the wings to await the main event. Jess Perkins ...

It’s my first time at YUMMY. I’m used to a lot of first times being similar to The First Time – there’s a little awkwardness and I’m not sure what to do with my hands. At, Yummy, however, I know exactly where to put my h...

Well, well, well. One does not often think of the bottom of a well as the ideal venue for stand-up comedy. The acoustics are awful and, with no room for any actual audience, the box office must also surely take a hit. Ne...

There’s a nice shape to Comic Conned, with music a strong presence both at beginning and end. To be honest, any show that opens with Bonnie Tyler singing, Holding Out For A Hero is going to have to work hard to get me of...