Alexei Warshawski

Is Farage the Trump card?

I’m no fan of Nigel Farage, but until recently I’d avoided putting him in the same camp as Donald Drumpf. Despite clear ideological similarities on immigration, deregulation and anti-globalisation, Farage’s cult of personality had never been as demagogic as Drumpf’s. It wasn’t policy which brought these two men together in...
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Posted Sep. 1, 2016

2016 Term 2 Entertainment Guide

The Boar Art’s 2016 Entertainment Guide Shazia Mirza Shazia Mirza is an award winning stand-up comedian from Birmingham, returning to the Midlands this February with her new show The Kardashians Made Me Do It. Described by the Birmingham Post as “break[ing] new ground in comedy”, this edgy comedian is a...
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Posted Jan. 14, 2016

The Noise Next Door Review: Political incorrectness gone mad

The Noise Next Door. Where do I begin? A group of 5 ex-drama students who met at university is somewhat atypical for a comedy troupe these days, but The Noise Next Door stand out among the crowd. They are, quite honestly, the hidden gem of improvised comedy. The group performed...
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Posted Nov. 26, 2015

Review: Bill Bailey’s musically comedic, surrealist ‘Limboland’

Introducing himself as “that bloke from never-mind-the-black-books-have-I-got-QI-news-for-Buzzcocks”, Bill Bailey appeared spinning on a pedestal to be greeted by the audience, as if a mannequin. From here on in, we know that we are about to be treated to a musically comedic show which will border on surrealism, pleasing us no...
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Posted Nov. 6, 2015