Brian Logan is the Guardian's comedy critic and the artistic director of A Play, a Pie and a Pint
October 2024
Count the bounces! Balance the egg! Can Taskmaster triumph as a live experience?
Playing gimcrack games and being teased by Greg Davies’ digital avatar in a facsimile of the Taskmaster house will delight fans of the TV show – once the kinks are ironed out
September 2024
Ginger Johnson Blows Off! review – this crude, fart-fuelled comedy runs out of gas
The Drag Race UK winner draws inspiration from a human cannonball in an unsubtle hour of daredevil feats and jokes about flatulence
No apologies and not particularly funny: Ellen DeGeneres’s shameless return to standup
Four years after accusations of a toxic workplace culture torpedoed her talkshow, the star once dubbed ‘the most hated woman in America’ is attempting a comeback via Netflix. If you want humility, look elsewhere
Asi Wind: Incredibly Human review – terrific tricks leave you dizzy
Ben Elton: Authentic Stupidity review – bewildered boomer is a cross-gen hit
Nish Kumar: Nish, Don’t Kill My Vibe review – navel-gazing with political punch
August 2024
Autumn arts preview 2024
A Six follow-up, an LA clown … and War Horse rides again: theatre, comedy and dance autumn preview
Larry Dean: Dodger review – crowd-pleasing gags with a tender twist in the tale
Colin Hoult: Colin review – portrait of the artist as a young grande dame
Graham Dickson: No One Deserves This More Than You review – dependably funny desperation
Edinburgh comedy awards champ Amy Gledhill is a delightful standup now set for breakout success
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Chloe Petts: How You See Me, How You Don’t review – a former head girl’s life lessons
Reuben Kaye: Live and Intimidating review – the voice of an angel and a devil
Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster review – bawdy comedy delivered with a blush
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows review – dotty comedy debut belies a surprise
Both halves of the Delightful Sausage on sizzling shortlist for Edinburgh comedy awards
Elf Lyons: Horses review – playful clip-clop through equine culture
Chris Cantrill: Easily Swayed review – midlife distress call goes from one big laugh to another
Ania Magliano: Forgive Me, Father review – winning comedy about commitment and a lost coil
3 review – knockabout fun as Ambika Mod rejoins her old improv gang
