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The top ten comedy gigs of 2019
As is tradition, here's my look back at the ten most memorable comedy gigs of the last 12 months. There are bound to be omissions - the 300 or so shows I see each year are but a scratch on the volume of work the UK's industrious comedy scene produce - and the emphasis is on the 'memorable' not necessarily the funniest or the most game-changing, even if these qualities are so often interlinked.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th December 2019Opinion: top comedy gigs of 2019
Here are my top comedy gigs of 2019 very much in no particular order. Impossible to pick one out, but hopefully if you've been reading beyond the joke over the last twelve months some of these are favourites of yours too.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th December 2019Comedians choose 2019's funniest moment
We've already picked the comedians who made us laugh this year. Now it's the turn of funny folk we liked in 2019 as they choose the things that made them giggle the most during the last 12 months.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 19th December 2019Best live comedy shows of 2019
Featuring shows about circumcision, cynicism and carparks.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 16th December 2019London comedy 2019: The best comedy shows of the year
Good lord, haven't we all needed a laugh this year? Shout out to all the comedians who have kept us on the right side of despair.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 16th December 2019John Kearns review
Double Take and Fade Away steers stand-up into rarely explored waters.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 28th November 2019John Kearns review - a toothy, tragicomic delight
Kearns delivers a day-in-the-drab-life of a man with dreams, toting suburban existentialism in a style all his own.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th November 2019Review - John Kearns, Double Take and Fade Away
Like accidentally wandering into a church (in a good way).
Paul Fleckney, London Is Funny, 27th November 2019John Kearns: Double Take and Fade Away review
It's easy to wax lyrical about the bathetic poetry of the mundane that hallmarks John Kearns's work. But in praising the distinctive, quirky elegance of his philosophical vignettes, we shouldn't overlook the fact, for all his protestations of being 'not for everyone', the double Edinburgh Comedy Award winner is damn funny.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th November 2019BBC Radio reveals festive comedy highlights 2019
Austentatious, The Shuttleworths, The Museum Of Curiosity, Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!, Neil Gaiman's Chivalry, Puckoon and Jeeves Live are amongst the comedy shows on Radio 4 this festive season.
British Comedy Guide, 25th November 2019