Last week he was at the Hollywood Bowl, this weekend a park in St Albans. It might not have had the same sexy ring, but Eddie Izzard likes his gigs to be special... more
Sarah McGuinness and Sarah Townsend are the singer and the producer in Eddie Izzard’s life. Liz Hoggard reveals they are in fact the same person... more
Comedian Eddie Izzard fires the starting gun on the campaign to recruit 70,000 volunteers for the Olympics in the UK’s biggest peacetime mobilisation of a workforce... more
Training for the London Marathon this Sunday had been going so well for Rosamund Urwin. Until ‘runners’ knee’ nearly put her out of the race altogether.... more
Eddie Izzard was flying at the Arts Theatre as he stamped his trademark surrealism on history, while the contestants at the New Act of the Year Final appear to have bright futures.... more
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
The Arts Theatre near Leicester Square, which was forced to close two years ago in a row over its lease, is thriving again - and bosses say cheap drinks are the secret of its success.... more
The Comedy Covers Night - where comics imitate other comedians such as Ricky Gervais and Eddie Izzard - was a weird but strangely wonderful evening.... more
Star-packed charity shows often present a dilemma to the critic and The Secret Policeman's Ball was no exception. Some of the witless skits really felt like torture, says Bruce Dessau.... more
A 24-carat line-up takes to the stage for The Secret Policeman's Ball, the if.comeddies awards season continues and comedy package tour Edinburgh & Beyond has quality running through it.... more
Budding comedians are being given the chance to have their sketch performed alongside the likes of Eddie Izzard and Chevy Chase at the return of the Secret Policeman's Ball.... more
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