The slimmer, newly divorced Johnny Vegas was still the same savage tornado of shameless self-loathing, bitterness and regret at Stewart Lee's show.... more
Impish Irishman Andrew Maxwell, Terry Alderton, Simon Munnery, Phil Nichol and Canadian-with-attitude Glenn Wool, delivered a frustratingly enjoyable shambles of a soirée.... more
A seriously weird American family, inventive stand-up Dan Antopolski and two successful acts returning from Edinburgh make up Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.... more
Stewart Lee's tale of Dr Samuel Johnson and his biographer James Boswell attempting to relaunch their books today is Fringe theatre at its silly, clever, fun-filled best.... more
Simon Munnery's 80-minute nostalgic retrospective perfectly summed up his enduring style - sublime wit hampered by haphazard execution, says Bruce Dessau.... more
Sharon Lougher talks to Simon Munnery, a comic who splits opinion with his experimental, off-the-wall imagination, ahead of the former Perrier nominee's Soho Theatre run.... more
Phill Jupitus, Stewart Lee and Richard Herring were among the comedians performing to raise money to put surreal Midlands comic Ted Chippington's early work on CD.... more
There's going to be a huge pillow fight by the Gherkin, the Frost Fair comes to town and poet John Hegley hosts a long day of variety and vaudeville in the high-spirited Big Chill House.... more
Brilliantly bitchy stand-up from Alan Carr, laddish behaviour from doctor comic Simon Brodkin and some fine yarn-spinning from Owen O'Neill all make Bruce Dessau's top comedy picks.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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