Press clippings Page 2
Jack Whitehall Gets Around, comedy review
Though playing mega venues suggests a finished article, the young comic is still a work-in-progress. This show at least suggests that he can progress in quality (clearly he has quantity licked), though it doesn't signpost how far.
Julian Hall, The Independent, 17th March 2014What Makes The Laughmakers Laugh?
Apart from 'are you funny when you are not in stage?', 'do you ever switch off?' and 'do you get lots of groupies?', the question stand-ups often get asked is 'what makes you laugh?'. Simon Evans, Kerry Godliman and Jim Smallman respond.
Julian Hall, The Stage, 7th March 2014Miranda Hart comedy gig review
The message may be light, the content equally so, but Miranda Hart is natural, winning and hard to resist.
Julian Hall, The Independent, 2nd March 2014Daniel Kitson - a legend in his own lifetime?
When I wrote about Bill Hicks last week, in advance of the 20th anniversary of his death, I indicated that he was probably the best comedian I had ever seen and that I wasn't sure if I would witness anyone better. Before I wrote that I did have to weigh up the experience of seeing Daniel Kitson.
Julian Hall, The Stage, 28th February 2014Daniel Kitson - a legend in his own lifetime?
He's managed his own fame and cultivated his audience with carefully-chosen venues, avoidance of TV and cross-fertilisation into theatre with his storytelling. But why exactly do his faithful followers keep coming back for more?
Julian Hall, The Stage, 28th February 2014Miles Jupp Is The Chap You're Thinking Of, review
A master of metaphor, a seigneur of similes (for Jupp leaving the old school MySpace site would be like "Julian Assange popping out of the Ecuadorian Embassy to the local shop to buy memory sticks"), Jupp's return to the 'eloquent bumbling' he honed in his earlier Edinburgh Fringe shows is a welcome one.
Julian Hall, The Independent, 13th February 2014Review: Austentatious
The audience applause between scenes is politely anticipatory of what might be next. By the end, it is rapturous.
Julian Hall, The Stage, 10th February 2014The Establishment Club, comedy review
When this reprise of Peter Cook's 1960s satirical club debuted in 2012 it was an underwhelming affair. George Galloway and comedian Terry Alderton topped and tailed the bill that night. They do so again today, but luckily the parallels end there.
Julian Hall, The Independent, 28th January 2014Tommy Tiernan: Stray Sod, comedy review
With a sermon-like delivery half-way between home hearth and hellfire, Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan romps through his latest bawdy hour of observational comedy.
Julian Hall, The Independent, 22nd January 2014A year of comedy gems ahead in 2014
Rev star and poshboy comic Miles Jupp brings us a helping of unashamedly middle-class bemusement and disapproval with his latest tour.
Julian Hall, The Stage, 17th January 2014