Comedy

REVIEW: Wolfson Howler

Adam Hess, owner of ‘the softest lips in Croydon’, nailed a headline set at Wolfson’s comedy night, says Jamie P. Robson.

Calvin Klein, Iranian royalty and Luke Skywalker: Lent lineup revealed

The actor, not the fictional character

REVIEW: Maskerade

Maskerade narrowly avoids making a hatchet job of Pratchett.

REVIEW: Newnham Smoker

Freya Harris had a blast at this feel good smoker.

REVIEW: Dancing at Lughnasa

Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa offers a gentle yet moving portrait of an impoverished Irish family, says Jamie P. Robson.

REVIEW: Spilt Milk

Ridiculous, witty and funny, Sayana enjoyed her evening in Spilt Milk (although not literally, because that would be gross…).

REVIEW: 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche

5 lesbians. 1 quiche. What could go wrong? Almost everything, Dani Cugini discovers, in this hilarious play.

REVIEW: The Effect

Hannah Calascione’s show made Jonathan Ben-Shaul laugh, cry and left him completely breathless and wanting more.

REVIEW: And Then There Were Nuns

Lia Johansen-Villanueva was promised cocktails and an evening of laughter. The team behind And Then There Were Nuns delivered, and even threw in a lovely furry hat.

REVIEW: The Play’s the Thing

The Pembroke Players have crafted a flawed but undeniably fun production of an early Wodehousian gem, says Jamie P. Robson.

REVIEW: The Pirates of Penzance

Luke was thoroughly impressed by this imaginative rendition of one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most famous comic operettas.

REVIEW: Panopticon

Hilarious, entertaining and witty – Luke had high expectations of these three experienced Footlights comedy-makers and they failed to disappoint.

REVIEW: As You Like It

Dani Cugini decides that this warmly witty production is truly As She Likes It. (Get it? Get it? I’ll let myself out.)

REVIEW: Party

Carine was told to have low expectations and to be ready to laugh at the freshers if everything else went wrong, but in spite of some errors she found this show a pleasure to watch.

REVIEW: The Fastest Clock in the Universe

Robyn Bellinger and Sayana Turpin-Aviram think ‘disturbingly funny’ sums up this refreshing production.

Facebook stickers are the death of comedy

It’s Week 5 and everything is terrible and we are terrible.

Patrick Kielty jet-setting between LA, London and …Cambridge

The Tab does some serious investigative journalism and finds out whether Kielty would rather face one horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses.

REVIEW: Quinoa – A Middle Class Sketch Show

A bit like quinoa itself, this show was a hit and miss mixture of amusement, hilarity and awkwardness.

REVIEW: Toucan

Adam Woolf is in a flap over this hilarious sketch show.

Pembroke Players president protests preposterous prices at playhouse

For everyone who’s ever thought ‘Gee, I wish my Nando’s Card worked for plays.’