Veronica Lee

1 month ago | theartsdesk.com | Veronica Lee

Dara Ó Briain’s  has described his previous show So… Where Were We? – in which he describes his search for his birth mother who gave him up for adoption when he was a baby – as his Philomena, while his latest, Re: Creation, is his version of Elf, in which a grown man travels across the world to find his birth father. It’s a neat joke, but also underlines a difference between the two shows which, while companion pieces, are very different tonally.

1 month ago | theartsdesk.com | Veronica Lee

Nick Mohammed invented his Mr Swallow character – camp, lisping, with an inflated ego and the mistaken belief that he has creative talent – more than a decade ago, but he reached a new audience with his appearance as the good guy-goes-bad-then-good-again Nate in the lovely television comedy Ted Lasso. Now’s he’s touring with Mr Swallow: Show Pony. Part-way through, something unexpected happens: Nick Mohammed takes over, while still in the guise of Mr Swallow.

1 month ago | theartsdesk.com | Veronica Lee

From the creative team that brought you The Play That Goes Wrong in 2012 (and assorted sequels) comes this spy caper. As ever with Mischief productions, their latest work is a lot of fun and pays its dues to the great age of British farce (and pantomime too) with clever wordplay and physical comedy as things go increasingly awry.

1 month ago | theartsdesk.com | Veronica Lee

Zoe Lyons knows her audience; as a few shoutouts confirmed, many of them are long-time fans, and have had lives with similar highs and lows along the way, and she delivers stories about her life that reflect theirs too. And so it proves with her latest touring show, Werewolf - which I saw in the cavernous surrounds of Earth Hackney - as she talks about finding contentment in middle age.

2 months ago | theartsdesk.com | Veronica Lee

Greg Davies doesn’t spare himself in his new show, Full Fat Legend, his first tour in seven years after having been busy being mean to celebrities on Taskmaster on Channel 4, and showing his acting chops on the BBC’s dark comedy The Cleaner, among other projects. In a busy 90 minutes he talks about his dodgy prostate, pointless masturbation and his errant "bumhole”, among many other unflattering – but very funny – stories.