The Secret Reviewer #50: Fifty Sent

Every month our clandestine critic reveals the murky truths behind that infamous trade, and live comedy generally. This month: How different is the live comedy scene, four years on?

When The Secret Reviewer began back in April 2019 none of us had the faintest idea what a seismic few years it would turn out to be for the live comedy business. Back then stand-up was one of the UK's few remaining growth industries, cheap and easy to stage, and to export, spreading across the globe like that virus in The Last Of Us, but instead of aggressive spores we sent...

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