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Raising a laugh for Orangaid

02.06.09
The Sumatran Orangutan Society does not monkey about when it comes to organising star-studded benefits.... more

Quirky art of understatement from Mirza and Munnery

05.02.09
While Shazia Mirza covers well-trodden terrain, Simon Munnery is a scruffy clown that revels in obscurity.... more

Shades of Blackadder in Elizabeth & Raleigh

15.10.08
It is impossible to produce an irreverent historical comedy without inviting comparisons with Blackadder and Elizabeth & Raleigh knows it.... more

Mighty impressive line-up for Boosh

25.06.08
While most comics are happy to hit the stage armed solely with some choice quips, The Mighty Boosh are going one step further.... more

One of a kind

28.04.08
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

Hot finish to a chilly night

26.11.07
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

Oddball tales and old gags for Linda

29.10.07
Jo Brand, Jeremy Hardy, John Shuttleworth and John Hegley were among those taking part in a chaotic tribute to Linda Smith.... more

Critic's Choice: Top 5 Comedy

20.09.07
There's top class laughs this week, including Al Murray, Rhona Cameron, Jason Byrne and Russel Brand to name a few.... more

Critic's choice: top five comedy shows

30.08.07
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

Hammer of the Scots

09.08.07
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

Almost too much talent

13.07.07
Simon Munnery's 80-minute nostalgic retrospective perfectly summed up his enduring style - sublime wit hampered by haphazard execution, says Bruce Dessau.... more

A comic full of character

10.07.07
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

Critic's choice: comedy

23.05.07
Gallows Humour, a benefit for human rights group Reprieve, features Bill Bailey, Mark Thomas, Mark Steel, Kevin Eldon and Simon Munnery. ... more

Celebration of offbeat laughs

07.02.07
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

Take me out: Best weekend events

14.12.06
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

Critic's Choice: Comedy

31.08.06
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

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