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Shappi Khorsandi shines in comedy of terrors

05.11.09
Thanks to numerous television appearances and lashings of talent Shappi Khorsandi is a comedian on the cusp of household-name fame.... more

Reggie Watts is the man of many voices

28.07.09
If you haven't heard of Reggie Watts yet, it's about time you did some research. ... more

Stroll in Soho is only so-so

24.04.09
Soho Streets, a promenade through the area and its history, is sweetly well-meaning but executed with thudding clumsiness.... more

Tickle and giggle with lothario Russell Brand

14.01.09
Russell Brand brought a smile to a young lady's face as he monkeyed around with her in the back seat of a cab.... more

East End brothers in Soho

15.05.08
One of the exciting things about Soho Theatre these days is you never know what you are going to get. Piranha Heights keeps us guessing.... more

I'm not sure the Poles in London will like my play

27.02.08
As her first drama makes its West End debut, Polish playwright Dorota Maslowska explains why her novels caused such a storm at home.... more

Stoppard and Pinter set for Gala

20.02.08
Undettered by their ban in their own country, the Belarus Free Theatre is hosting a star-studded double bill tonight.... more

Stars back theatre group banned in their homeland

20.02.08
Sir Tom Stoppard will host a gala tonight in support of a theatre company banned in its home country... more

Ed Hamell takes a sidelong look at America

15.02.08
A performer with an anarchic passion that's difficult to resist, Ed Hamell laments over loss and death in his show The Terrorism Of Everyday Life.... more

If am dram did porn

03.01.08
Sitting through My Brother And I Are Pornstars is like watching a porn show by a local amateur dramatics society - not sexy, not satisfying and certainly not much fun.... more

Take me out tonight

29.11.07
Tonight in London, the reformed Take That take their new tour to the O2 Arena, Lethal Bizzle showcases his new album at the Islington Academy and comedian Josie Long appears at the Soho Theatre.... more

Double winner and TV comic present awards

21.11.07
Stage legend Sir Ian McKellen and TV favourite Meera Syal will be among the presenters at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

A night on the Mah Jong tiles

21.09.07
Moonwalking in Chinatown is a mysterious piece of street theatre which takes the audience on a journey through the lives of some of the area's inhabitants.... 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

Gloomy lines from the underworld

07.09.07
Neither Venus as a Boy, set among male and formerly male prostitutes, nor Fragile, about the low-paid, mafia-run world of London's immigrants from the former Yugoslavia, quite hit the mark.... 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

Oh, what a drag

13.08.07
As every gag-merchant in town has hot-footed it to Edinburgh, it falls to the talents of drag queen Miss Coco Peru to put bums on seats at the Soho Theatre.... more

Critic's choice: top 5 comedy shows

24.05.07
Full Mooners at midnight, a benefit for Ghana, playful Irishman Kevin McAleer and the mighty, fearless Stephen K Amos - they're all on this weekend.... more

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

08.03.07
Ex-wrestler Wil Hodgson, Lee Mack and Marcus Brigstocke ranting about his pet hates are all among Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.... more

Critic's choice: Best comedy shows

01.03.07
Josie Long brings her wit and exuberance to the Soho Theatre, it's the last chance to see nimble Irishman Jimeoin and the Hackney Empire search for the New Act of the Year.... more

Critic's choice: comedy

21.02.07
Jimeoin is a terrific observational stand-up with a laser-guided eye for human foibles. Bruce Dessau looks forward to the Irish comedian's Soho Theatre shows.... more

Critic's choice: Best comedy shows

07.12.06
Paul Tonkinson tops the bill at The Boat Show, Katherine Jakeways' provides plenty of squirms at the Soho Theatre and Ricky Gervais presents a low-key warm-up for his 2007 Fame show.... more

Amos reveals his soul

22.11.06
The murder of a friend pushed Stephen K Amos in a different, more confessional direction. But he still wants people to laugh, finds Sharon Lougher.... more

Top 5 weekend comedy gigs

26.10.06
The final if.comeddies weekend features manic Canadian Phil Nichol, Sarah Kendall brings her hit Edinburgh show to Soho and Mark Steel waxes lyrical about French history.... more

Critic's choice: best comedy gigs

19.10.06
Australian Pete Jonas and American Erich McElroy pick fault with Britain's bad food and bad transport, Mark Watson tackles teenage muggers and Doug Stanhope lives up to the hype with his Soho run.... more

Clunky and cliched in the country

04.10.06
White Open Spaces is based around the theme of Britain's 'passive apartheid' in rural areas and should pack a punch. But sadly it doesn't. ... more

Top 5 comedy shows

21.09.06
Josie Long will be charming the audience at the Soho Theatre, it's the opening night for a season of graveyard shift gigs fronted by Andrew Maxwell and Will Smith stands in for Harry Hill.... more

Top 5 comedy shows

21.09.06
Josie Long will be charming the audience at the Soho Theatre, it's the opening night for a season of graveyard shift gigs fronted by Andrew Maxwell and Will Smith stands in for Harry Hill.... more

Tackling some serious issues

11.09.06
In The Trouble With Asian Men, the cast have serious mother issues, lack a decent six pack, are useless around the house and in general are suffering a bit of an identity crisis. ... more

Gunning for the bad guys

05.09.06
Cheeky comic activist Mark Thomas delves into the murky world of arms trading in this preview of his forthcoming British tour.... more

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