Everything about it looks as if it has delved deep into the clichés of another age
Australia
Theatre
Small is better and sometimes beautiful when it comes to this scaled-down, intimate version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical
Sunset Boulevard
Restaurants
Canteen looks so much the part. The owners stress that they take design as seriously as they do food
Canteen Baker Street
Without doubt THE worst film I can remember seeing in many a year
The entire cast give outstanding performances that had the audience in tears of sorrow and laughter
It is sheer joy from start to finish. Especially the dancing skeletons
There was no kitchen sink at Tim Minchin’s spectacular show but it must have been an oversight. There was certainly everything else... more | Add your review
What next, Stephen Hawking at Jongleurs? Surprise guest Ricky Gervais got a warm welcome but writer Richard Dawkins was the real star. .. more | Add your review
After electrifyingly funny performances as comic monsters Dave Angel and Competitive Dad, Simon Day's latest offering was a low-voltage stand-up show... more | Add your review
Chris Green might not be the hardest working man in comedy but he is no slouch. He has now resuscitated his old character Ida Barr... more | Add your review
Video has emerged on the net of Russell Brand allegedly inserting a toy doll up his
bottom
This year we've got a bog standard line-up of B-listers and too many Americans, says
Bruce Dessau
Jimmy Carr is such a consummate craftsman that somehow his jokes about his girlfriend, disability and the homeless rarely offend... more | Add your review
Frankie Boyle might be near the knuckle on BBC2's Mock The Week but TV viewers are getting the sanitised version... more | Add your review
Unchanged, apart from shorter hair and bushier beard, madcap Scot, Phil Kay, evoked his freewheeling heyday... more | Add your review
What Potted Potter lacks in emotional depth it makes up for in shallow but riotous puerility, says Bruce Dessau... more | Add your review
Even tackling much-trampled topics such as the internet or texting David O'Doherty manages to sound fresh... more | Add your review
Turner, Godden and Finnegan perform with plenty of enthusiasm but the script is so desperately thin it has to be padded out with daft dances... more | Add your review
Get 30 days FREE unlimited DVD rental with free postage and no late fees -
sign up here
While other comedians wrestle with getting older, this does not seem to be an issue for Dylan Moran. He could be entering his golden age. .. more | Add your review
Even though the intermittently captivating Stripped is not quite Eddie Izzard at his peak, it is still good to have him back. .. more | Add your review
It is a testament to Bill Bailey's immense talent and likeability that between the dips in Tinselworm there are still plenty of thrills... more | Add your review
There are better storytellers but Robin Williams oozed the kind of charisma umpteen lesser clowns would kill for at his stand-up gig at the Gielgud Theatre... more | Add your review
Steve Coogan has certainly learned his lines and is frequently stomach-achingly funny, says Bruce Dessau... more | Add your review
Russell Howard is scattershot but in a good way, embracing tales about everything from defiant grannies to wearing your friend’s mum’s swimsuit... more | Add your review
Chris Langam has returned to the stage. But there will always be something uncomfortable about watching this talented, troubled performer... more | Add your review
Ben Moor is obsessed with the past and future. In his latest intriguing monologue, Not Everything Is Significant, he unites his fixations... more | Add your review
After the fiasco of fellow American Sarah Silverman's Sunday gig, Roseanne Barr showed herself to be an experienced old hand at stand-up. .. more | Add your review
The Mighty Boosh gave an ill‑fitting pantomime cow of a show, yet with more than enough moments to keep the Boosh bandwagon rolling. .. more | Add your review
This year we've got a bog standard line-up of B-listers and too many Americans, says Bruce Dessau
Video has emerged of Russell Brand allegedly inserting a toy doll up his bottom
After watching Angus Deayton at the British Comedy Awards, all is forgiven
-4°c
1°c
