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Brian Logan

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Brian Logan is the Guardian's comedy critic and the artistic director of A Play, a Pie and a Pint

May 2026

  • Fatiha El-Ghorri in a black hijab sits between two people in period costume with ornate fur and pearl-trimmed garments

    Fatiha El-Ghorri: Cockney Stacking Doll review – Taskmaster star’s endearing, earthy tour of the East End

  • A man is shown against a black background with books taped to his head and face.

    ‘I want to bury it under a roundabout!’ Kim Noble on his unusual approach to promoting his graphic novel

  • John Kearns in round glasses and a cream shirt leans against a pole with an exaggerated grin

    John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills review – a handful of dust (and prawn cocktail crisps) in riff on TS Eliot

  • Peter performs standup comedy on a stage with a couch and red lighting behind him

    I’m Not Being Funny review – there’s laughter through tears in emotional dark comedy

  • A leak at No 11: Rachel Reeves and the satire about the urinal she couldn’t get rid of

  • Party Season review – kids’ birthday marathon pumps up parental anxiety to bursting point

  • Ashley Gavin review – a close look at the clitoris, gender and the ‘manly’ business of getting pregnant

April 2026

  • escapologist Harry Houdini bound with chains, c.1899.

    Houdini’s reappearing act: David Haig’s new play lays bare the magician’s dispute with Conan Doyle

  • Phil Ellis posing in a suit against a retro rainbow-striped background.

    Phil Ellis: Bath Mat review – Taskmaster goof celebrates his midlife failures

  • Lucy the puppet character performing pole dance in Avenue Q

    Naked puppets! Having sex! Lusty, foul-mouthed musical Avenue Q is back

  • Clive Tulloh and Ruby Wax on stage at Richmond theatre, London

    Ruby Wax: Absolutely Famous review – a candid return to her most revealing celebrity interviews

  • Riki Lindhome: Dead Inside review – a gobsmacking comedy about fertility

  • Joz Norris: You Wait. Time Passes review – weird, unhinged, inadequate, and other pointers to artistic character

  • Aisling Bea: Older Than Jesus review – glamourpuss meets accidental mum in a scatty show

March 2026

  • Harry Enfield 17.12.25

    Harry Enfield and No Chums! review – the head of our comedy state takes a trip down memory lane

  • George Fouracres as Sir Keir Starmer on SNL UK.

    From Hamlet at the Globe to Keir Starmer on SNL UK: the anarchic rise of George Fouracres

  • Michelle De Swarte.

    Michelle De Swarte: The Afters review – blazing gags from a comic who says what she sees

  • Sam Lanier, Will Niedmann, Felipe Di Poi and Caroline Yost of Simple Town

    ‘Four teens in their 30s!’ Lovable New York comedy gang Simple Town land in London

  • James Acaster review – standup in terrific form with tangled tribute act to himself

  • Rosa Garland: Primal Bog review – a slippery dive into desire with live tattooing

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