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Tim Vine claims funniest joke award
Comedy: King of the one-liners saw off competition from acts including Jimmy Carr and magician Paul Daniels....read

 

Terry Alderton, Bloomsbury Theatre - review
Comedy: You get good value at a Terry Alderton gig. Not one Alderton but two....read

 

Frank Skinner & friends, Noel Coward Theatre - review
Comedy: Frank Skinner's last London appearance was hosting Credit Crunch Cabaret in 2009. His compering return coincides with more economic gloom but good personal news....read

 

Alexei Sayle: Presents, Soho Theatre - review
Comedy: The eagerly anticipated comedy comeback of the bearded Liverpudlian after 16 years energetically shuttles between absurdity and politics....read

 

Chris Ramsey, Soho Theatre - review
Comedy: Last summer Chris Ramsey was the surprise recipient of an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination. The 25-year-old was barely known then but word is spreading. The Soho Theatre was rammed last night for the London transfer. And justifiably....read

 

Blind Summit, Soho Theatre - review
Comedy: Blind Summit's The Table is not, strictly speaking, a comedy, but it was one of the funniest shows I saw on the Edinburgh Fringe last year. It now visits Soho as part of the London International Mime Festival....read

 

Henry Rollins, Festival Hall - review
Comedy: The black-clad raconteur stood rooted to the spot for two and a half hours without an interval or pause for breath but the minutes raced by....read

 

Tim Key, Soho - review
Comedy: Masterslut is more ambitious and impressive project than its verse-heavy predecessor, Slutcracker, which won an Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2009....read

 

Exclusive - watch new Gap Yah video and interview with Orlando (Matt Lacey)
Star Interviews: Orlando has released the ultimate Sloaney Planet guide to that all important year abroad. But, his creator Matt Lacey tells us, it's no ordinary travel book....read

 

Steve Hughes to tackle Big Issues at Leicester Square Theatre
Events: VIDEO: Steve Hughes is set to embark on his first UK tour. Here's a taste of what to expect....read

 

Michael McIntyre and Friends, Hammersmith Apollo - review
Comedy: Michael McIntyre may have quit Britain's Got Talent, but at least that means we will be seeing much more of him doing what he does best - standing on stage telling jokes....read

 

Russell Kane, Hammersmith Apollo - review
Comedy: Anticipation was sky high for the latest show from the 2010 Foster's Comedy Award winner. Rarely has a gig been so mind-blowing and also so disappointing....read

 

Penn & Teller, Indigo2 - review
Comedy: A night of amiable chat, interspersed with a handful of captivating stunts see Penn and Teller back on stage in "Conversations"....read

 

Set List / Rich Hall, Soho Theatre - review
Comedy: Set List has been a hit in America but on its first night here the only real fun was watching gifted gagsmiths wriggle in agony as their riffs failed to fly....read

 

Jason Manford, O2 Arena - review
Comedy: Jason Manford is the ultimate Teflon-coated comedian. Last year he survived a tabloid scandal over suggestive tweets and even more impressively this summer he survived fronting ITV1's misfire Show Me The Funny....read

 

Dave Gorman, Hammersmith Apollo - Review
Comedy: The playfulness of Dave Gormam's Powerpoint Presentation make this reflection on the "nutjobs" that populate the internet a winner....read

 

Greg Davies, Leicester Square Theatre - review
Comedy: It is simple to see why this show is so popular. The genuinely true tall tales plus silly gags equal big laughs....read

 

Stewart Lee, Leicester Square theatre - review
Comedy: The older Stewart Lee gets the more militant he becomes. Carpet Remnant World finds stand-up's Tony Benn raging at the state of the nation with satirical style....read

 

Hot tickets - Weekend comedy
Events: The Evening Standard previews the weekend's best comedy to look forward to....read

 

Hannah Gadsby, Soho Theatre - review
Theatre: Hannah Gadsby does not use a support act, she likes to warm the crowd herself: "It's like a budget airline. We prepare the cabin together" ....read

 

Tommy Tiernan, Forum - review
Comedy: Tommy Tiernan is a major star in his native Ireland and a few minutes into this gig it was easy to see why....read

 

Jack Whitehall, Hammersmith Apollo - review
Comedy: Jack Whitehall has been dismissed as a silver-spooned, posh-voiced irritant - but a rethink may be due....read

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