Brian Logan
- Journalist and reviewer
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Elf Lyons: Raven review - fierce and funny fright-night
Lyons raises her personal demons so she can publicly refuse to play by their rules in this complex comedy-horror crossover.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 2nd November 2022Maybe A Ghost Story review - Daniel Kitson scares up a sparkling Halloween yarn
The comedian is as spontaneous as ever in this unadorned show featuring a one-ghost campaign to rewild the sanitised customs of All Hallows Eve.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 27th October 2022Friday Night Live proves our best satirists are in their 60s
From Ben Elton's electrifying political routine to Harry Enfield's force-10 performance, Channel 4's comedy programme showed that nobody does spiky topicality better than 1980s stars.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th October 2022'My parents wanted to give me horse hormones' - Sam Campbell, comedy's new champion
He breezed into the Edinburgh fringe late with just half a show - and won the 'Oscar of comedy'. In his first ever face-to-face interview, the eccentric Aussie standup reveals what's next ('Something').
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th October 2022Suzi Ruffell review
The Portsmouth native is good company, cheerfully goofing around for our entertainment, but the set feels one draft short of its full potential.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 24th October 2022Jerry Sadowitz on his Edinburgh ban
When his show was pulled this summer over reports of nudity, sexism and racism, it caused a furore. In his first major interview since, the comedian explains why he will never tone down his splenetic act.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th October 2022Dara O Briain review: the Mock The Week man gets intimate
Fine crowd-work, choice joke-writing and a standout set-piece about the comedian's Kafkaesque efforts to trace his birth parents.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th October 2022Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield on their BBC mockumentary
Gloriously spoofing Downton, Peaky Blinders, Jackanory and much, much more, the comedy legends reveal all about their riotous sketch show for the Beeb's centenary.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 14th October 2022Dave Gorman review
A geeky rummage through what the rest of us overlook.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 13th October 2022Leo Reich on skewering his inner Gen-Z monster
The hotly tipped comic was the talk of Edinburgh with his blistering hour of hilariously hollow egomania - and audiences haven't a clue whether to pity or deplore him.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 11th October 2022