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Tom Wrigglesworth and Tim Key are award contenders

25.08.09
Edinburgh Comedy When the Edinburgh Comedy Award shortlist is announced on Wednesday a nomination would be just the ticket for ... more

A sublime set, skilfully crafted by Daniel Kitson

20.08.09
Edinburgh comedy: The 2002 Perrier Award winner Daniel Kitson is so far ahead of the comedy game that the rest of the Fringe might as well pack up... more

Dazzling diary of a death deferred at Traverse

12.08.09
Edinburgh Theatre: The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church and East 10th showcase talent at the Traverse.... more

Street violence spills into home in Orphans

10.08.09
Edinburgh Theatre: Family loyalties are stretched to breaking point and beyond on the gang-ridden streets in Orphan. ... more

Ben Moor's upside-down world

03.11.08
Ben Moor is obsessed with the past and future. In his latest intriguing monologue, Not Everything Is Significant, he unites his fixations.... more

Memories of home in 66a Church Road

11.08.08
Daniel Kitson has plumped for the homespun theatrical storytelling style of Alan Bennett. The result is the treat of the Fringe.... more

Bearded wonder in a league of his own

16.06.08
If Daniel Kitson has a fault, it's his awareness of his own brilliance - a quality that was very much to the fore at the comedian's hilarious summer blow-out. ... more

Prepare to be enchanted at Open Air Theatre

05.06.08
Regent's Park has unlocked the gates of its Open Air Theatre for 2008 with entertainment ranging from Shakespeare productions to comedy nights.... more

Chaotic end of an era

21.01.08
Last Night at the Red Rose trod a gloriously chaotic line between sentimentality and anarchy, bringing the curtain down on the Finsbury Park club after two decades.... more

Master of audience manipulation

14.08.07
Daniel Kitson showed a masterly ability to manipulate his Edinburgh audience and is more magical than Harry Potter.... more

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

26.07.07
Catch Chopper Reid in London this weekend before he heads off to Edinburgh while Rhona Cameron returns to her stand-up roots at the Menier Chocolate Factory.... more

Edinburgh Festival highlights

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

Is Edinburgh killing comedy?

24.07.07
With a record 2,050 shows this year, Bruce Dessau asks if The Edinburgh Fringe has become a victim of its own success.... more

Critic's choice: top comedy nights

14.06.07
Bruce Dessau picks the best comedy nights in London over the weekend including great acts previewing their Edinburgh shows and Ed Byrne at the Open Air Theatre, Regents Park.... more

Critic's choice: top five comedy

07.06.07
Mark Thomas is at the Tricycle, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Al Murray all line-up at the Lyric Hammersmith, and Daniel Kitson kicks off the Sunday season of al fresco gigs this weekend.... more

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

03.05.07
A UK answer to American Def Comedy shows, Perrier-nominated feisty Aussie Sarah Kendall and the Brighton Festival Fringe all make Bruce Dessau's comedy picks of the week.... more

Fame of the flop-fringed funster

23.04.07
If you want comedy to solve the Riddle of the Sphinx look elsewhere, but for simple gagsmithery combined with sublime improv Michael McIntyre is hard to beat.... more

New spin on old victims

08.02.07
Ed Byrne's show is about is a witty man spending 90 minutes being mostly mildly frustrated by modern life. As such it frequently raises a laugh without really raising the roof, says Bruce Dessau.... more

The cultural highlights of 2006

29.12.06
From the triumph of Frost/Nixon to pop divas demanding equal opportunities, and a West End song and dance, our critics reflect on 2006.... 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

Critic's Choice: Top Five Comedy Shows

28.09.06
This week's best comedy bits include wiry Irishman Ed Byrne and compatriot Dara O'Briain, while deadpan Norman Lovett makes a return to the live comedy circuit.... more

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