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Joshua Robertson: Enable Me
★★★★ As Joshua is given a fireman’s lift (ooh er) onto his stage by a strapping man, it serves as an image for the hour of comedy that’s about to…
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Just Aretha
★★★★ Opening with projected documentary-style footage of Aretha backstage, speaking candidly about her life and her anxieties, we quickly transition into a burst of excitement, as Aretha Nortey takes the…
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Nina Gilligan: Goldfish
★★★★ From the moment Nina Gilligan opens her mouth, you know you’re in safe hands. Beginning with a routine that involves her admitting to some sudden middle-aged perviness. A nice…
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Michelle Shaughnessy: Too Late, Baby
★★★ The slickness and honed skill with which Michelle Shaughnessy delivers story after story is at complete odds with her self-concept. She feels a failure, that she’s ‘missed the boat’,…
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Lynn Faces
★★★★ Laura Horton’s follow up to Breathless, is at first glance a bizarre punk tribute to Alan Partridge's long suffering P.A Lynn Benfield. Of course, with Horton’s work, you’d be…
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Son of a Bitch
★★★★★ As we packed into the demonstration room, which is as snug as a RyanAir flight, you’d be forgiven for thinking we were taking part in an immersive theatre experience.…
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An Asian Queer Story: Coming out to Dead People
★★★★ The New York stand-up sensibility is very different from the U.K’s. There is much more of a leaning into one-liners as an expectation, it’s more formalised. I think this…
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Margolyes & Dickens: The Best Bits
★★★★ As soon as Margolyes takes to the stage, resplendent in her kimono and glitzy jewels, the audience erupts in applause. She’s beyond a national treasure. Yet, for Miriam, it’s…
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Eccentrics Assemble – Guerrilla Autistics Year 10
★★★★ If we lived in a society where the arts were properly funded and respected, Paul Wady would be professor emeritus in a grand Victorian lecture hall, educating an eager…