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Storytelling nights spring up all over London

17.08.09
Storytelling isn’t just for getting the kids to sleep — it’s what’s going on in London’s hippest literary salons - and it’s definitely not for the children... more

How the capital’s first Restaurant Festival will be a foodie’s delight

13.07.09
Meals by candlelight on the London Eye, a “gourmet odyssey” on a Routemaster bus and a Sunday roast for 500 people — welcome to London’s “foodie” answer to the Edinburgh Festival... more

25 reasons to go to The Edinburgh Festival

01.07.09
After last year's letdown, the world's largest arts festival has got its act together to offer a thrilling array of entertainment next month.... more

Play that ‘humanises’ the 7/7 bombers has London run

25.06.09
A play that empathises with the 7/7 bombers is coming to London after a string of theatres rejected it... more

Super hilarity from Andrew Maxwell

23.02.09
Sometimes Andrew Maxwell has such a keen eye he barely has to craft a gag. His Soho Theatre show was not so much a gig, more a comedy masterclass.... more

David O'Doherty rocks our world gently

02.12.08
Even tackling much-trampled topics such as the internet or texting David O'Doherty manages to sound fresh.... more

Head for Terminus rather than New Electric Ballroom

08.08.08
There's a strong strand of Irish writing in this year's Traverse programme, with new work from two of that country's best contemporary dramatists.... more

Eco-protest hits Gatwick

07.08.08
Eco-activists breached security at Gatwick airport in a protest against short-haul flights... more

Big issues at Edinburgh Festival

06.08.08
While comedy wraps its tentacles around Edinburgh, theatre on the Fringe tends to fare best when it puts on its most serious face.... more

Jason John Whitehead is ice cool Canada dry

11.07.08
If Jason John Whitehead was any more laid-back he would be the most horizontal stand-up in history, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Best Comedy Festivals

04.07.08
Comedy is big business at this year's rock festivals, with better-than-ever line-ups - making this the summer of laughs.... more

A mean time in Greenwich

19.06.08
The Greenwich + Docklands International Festival focusses on outdoor performance. But it's about more than a few silly costumes. Get ready for some amazing, free, large-scale entertainment. ... more

Streetdance meets Sondheim

18.03.08
Into the Hoods will show whether breakdancing can make the leap from the dance fringe to the theatrical mainstream, says Liz Hoggard.... more

Mad, bad and dangerous to know

10.03.08
Part-performance art, part-unhinged car crash lunacy, wild-eyed American Rick Shapiro makes riveting comedy-as-therapy stuff.... more

A thriller with a sense of foreboding

12.02.08
An effective, elegantly constructed thriller with a mournful undertow, Mile End combines terrific pace with moments of stillness.... more

Ravenhill's 16 mini-plays set for London premiere

31.01.08
Sixteen short plays written by Mark Ravenhill during the Edinburgh Festival are to have their London premiere.... more

Comedy masterclass

12.11.07
Frank Skinner was utterly at ease at the Hammersmith Apollo, giving a masterclass in how to turn pure filth into comedy gold.... more

Stand up for Burns' night

08.10.07
After 16 years at the stand-up coalface, if.comedy winner Brendon Burns has struck gold with his playful, thought-provoking set.... more

Critic's choice: comedy

03.09.07
Following on from his one-off at the Edinburgh Festival, Ricky Gervais, the most talked-about comedian of the decade, starts his mammoth London run.... more

Edinburgh Festival highlights

24.07.07
From theatre to comedy, music and film, our critics pick the best of the Edinburgh Festival.... more

Free film festival has something for everyone

16.07.07
With several events taking place daily, the Portobello Film Festival has something to offer all film fans.... more

Comic could be around a Long time

10.07.07
Comedian Josie Long has been sweeping up the comedy awards and is previewing her Edinburgh Festival material tonight, Tuesday 10 July... more

Critic's choice: top five comedy shows

05.07.07
There's a comedy adventure at the Museum of London, a plethora of Edinburgh Festival previews, Sean Lock and Mark Thomas all trying to make you laugh in the capital this weekend.... more

Festival plays host to Soweto choir

29.06.07
The Soweto Gospel Choir perform Amazing Grace for the City of London festival on Tuesday 3 July... more

Offbeat comedy floats in

15.06.07
After impressing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, eccentric comedy Floating comes to the Barbican Centre on Tuesday 19 June... more

Critic's choice: Best comedy gigs

15.03.07
The artist formerly known as Joe Mangel from Neighbours and possible nudity from Edinburgh Festival award winner Phil Nichol feature in Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.... more

Top 5 comedy New Year's Eve parties

29.12.06
Phil Nichol promises audiences a wild time at the Comedy Store, Amused Moose boasts one of the best line-ups and John Hegley's bargain gig offers cheap laughs and a ska/rocksteady disco.... more

Something funny's going on in the capital

25.10.06
The Borat movie, starring London's Sacha Baron Cohen, is hailed as one of the most hilarious films in years, while the capital's comedy clubs brim with young talent. We're gagging for it.... more

Reality fails to bite

21.08.06
Antony Neilson's Realism is like an Alan Ayckbourn comedy seen through the doped perspective of someone under the influence of a class-A drug, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Portobello fills comedy void

01.08.06
Comedy preview: Most of London's comedy clubs shut up shop during August, when the Edinburgh Festival prompts the exodus of the capital's comics up North. Filling the void is a number of diverting gigs throughout August as part of the Portobello Film Festival.... more

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