Brian Logan on comedy and the news by Brian Logan

'Sometimes gigs are news stories too'Sometimes reviews aren't just reviews, they are news. We newspaper critics tend to present our work in topical terms " and one way of doing that is …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:46pm on November 23, 2010☆⚑

Move over McIntyre: Kafka comics lead a standup revolution by Brian Logan

Two young comedians are spearheading a more theatrical style of comedy with their stage version of The TrialWhen you think Franz Kafka, what comes to mind? Mitteleuropean gloom, perhaps. "B…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:38am on November 22, 2010☆⚑

The best comedy for Christmas 2010 by Brian Logan

Standups, singalongs and slapstick " the funniest shows of the festive seasonCarl-Einar HacknerA Swedish Tommy Cooper, say the critics, with a dash of Abba thrown in, Carl-Einar Hackner is a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:00am on November 22, 2010☆⚑

John Bishop: Where did it all go right? by Brian Logan

Brian Logan on the giddy rise of John Bishop, ex-pharmaceuticals salesman turned superstar standup comedianThree years ago, in his show on the Edinburgh fringe, John Bishop described walking…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:31pm on November 17, 2010☆⚑

The Edinburgh fringe stretches to Washington by Brian Logan

Performing amid the splendour of the Kennedy Centre raises questions about how experimental theatre is received at home as well as abroad"Can you fringe from the Centre?" That's the question…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43am on November 4, 2010☆⚑

Funny, haha: the comedy of mental health issues by Brian Logan

Brian Logan reports on a comedy show taking on mental health taboos Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:15pm on October 6, 2010☆⚑

Jimmy Carr | Comedy review by Brian Logan

Cliff's Pavilion, Southend"People ask me: what's your pet hate?" says Jimmy Carr. "Well, he doesn't like it if you put things in his bum." It's the classic Carr quip: concise, linguistically…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:30pm on October 12, 2009☆⚑

The new offenders of standup comedy by Brian Logan

Political correctness used to rule comedy, but now comics routinely offend their audiences. How did things get so nasty? Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:05pm on July 26, 2009☆⚑

Count Arthur Strong by Brian Logan

Riverside Studios, London Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:01pm on February 23, 2009☆⚑

Edinburgh festival comedy review: Rhod Gilbert by Brian Logan

Pleasance Cabaret Bar, EdinburghKnutsford service station. Doesn't conjure up images of a rollercoaster theatre show, does it? But that is what it has inspired, courtesy of the Welsh standup…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:05pm on August 12, 2008☆⚑

Brian Logan meets Doug Stanhope by Brian Logan

Doug Stanhope was too shocking for the Kilkenny festival. How long will his stand-up act last at Edinburgh? By Brian LoganThere are a lot of comedians who consider themselves fearless or pla…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:14am on July 31, 2006☆⚑

Trev and Simon by Brian Logan

Pleasance TwoRating ** Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:00pm on August 13, 2001☆⚑