The Secret Reviewer #56: The Free Stuff Freeway

Every month our clandestine critic reveals the murky truths behind that infamous trade, and live comedy generally. This month: Should you give random writers free tickets?

It's a good time of year for weird comedy, this: lots of batshit Halloween shows last month and now just weeks away from the freaky festive ones, which are pretty much the best thing about Christmas if you ask me. Getting together with like-minded folks to marvel at leftfield comedy is essentially midnight mass for those of us who never really got the whole Jesus thing.

The only problem I have with these quirky...