Comedy
No need for explanations here, but if you need a laugh then this is the category for you! You’ll find reviews of all the shows that have had us rolling in the aisles on this page.
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Review: Table 17, Kiln Theatre
A charismatic rom-com that occasionally struggles to match its charm with substance.
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Review: Look up at the Stars, The Hen and Chickens Theatre
Star and writer of eighties Doctor Who reunite for an impressively acted, bittersweet one-woman love letter to the golden age of British cinema.
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Review: DAD, Golden Goose Theatre
A man paces around his garden looking anxious and concerned. He’s soon joined by another man who turns out to be his estranged brother, summoned because their elderly father, who has dementia, has been missing for two days. The two…
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Feature: Shedinburgh Lands At The Young Vic
From online during lockdown to a fully live event, ET looks at how Shedinburgh has successfully established itself.
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Review: Three Men in a Boat, Rose Theatre
Funny, energetic and winningly performed, this busy adaptation loses its way whenever it reaches for insights beyond Jerome K. Jerome’s timeless original.
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Review: Linus Karp Was Hit With An Umbrella, Underbelly Bristo Square
A very personal and shocking story of a homophobic attack, told with Karp's usual flair for the comedic and theatrical.
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Review: Rhino Conservation Erotic Novel, Lower Marsh Arts Club
Daniel Trengove and Gabriel Madden have built a properly functioning comic engine: this show’s jokes are sharp, specific, and completely its own.
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Review: We’ll Always Have Paris, White Bear Theatre
Desperately seeking …LERV, Ginny can’t find that man in her life who’s real and not out of the movies. This new play charms but ultimately misses its mark.
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Review: Tartuffe (Remixed), Marylebone Theatre
A sunshine-filled reinvention of Molière’s classic, full of energy and farcical humour, but with a surprisingly complex seam that adds rich depth.
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Review: Crybabies: The Scaring, Soho Theatre
The freedom and silliness of a sketch show with the scale to make its ridiculous ideas feel spectacular.