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Phil Nichol is no less than full-on

16.03.09
Veritable cyclone of a performer Phil Nichol barely pauses for breath in his supercharged show.... more

Best Comedy Festivals

04.07.08
Comedy is big business at this year's rock festivals, with better-than-ever line-ups - making this the summer of laughs.... more

No orang-utan's feelings were hurt

25.02.08
The Stand Up For Animals fundraiser briefly threatened to become an endurance test, but a joyous night was had by all.... 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

Comics answer the call to arms

24.09.07
Satirist Mark Thomas assembled a formidable supporting cast for a charity fundraising event at the Carling Apollo.... more

Close encounter with a Rolling Stones obsessive

06.08.07
If Phil Nichol's latest Edinburgh set does not top last year's turbo-charged tale, which culminated in the sweaty Canadian body-surfing naked over the audience, it is a pretty serviceable sequel.... more

Edinburgh Festival highlights

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

Critic's choice: top five comedies

26.04.07
Arthur Smith, Jimmy Carr, Tony Robinson, The Tiger Lillies and Nicko & Joe - the capital is awash with comedy talent this weekend.... more

Critic's choice: Best comedy gigs

15.03.07
The artist formerly known as Joe Mangel from Neighbours and possible nudity from Edinburgh Festival award winner Phil Nichol feature in Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.... more

Critic's choice: Best comedy shows

22.02.07
Rising star Russell Howard will be in his element live on stage, former poetry boyband member Luke Wright goes it alone and a terrific bill gathers for the Great Ormond Street Benefit gig.... more

Critic's choice: Best comedy shows

08.02.07
Bruce Dessau's top comedy picks include the openly political Jeremy Hardy, the stuttering Jaik Campbell and Phil Nichol of Naked Racist fame.... more

Critic's choice: Top five comedy shows

01.02.07
A Richard Pryor-ish Reginald D Hunter and Kevin Bridges, a man being called the new Billy Connolly, are among Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.... more

Top 5 comedy New Year's Eve parties

29.12.06
Phil Nichol promises audiences a wild time at the Comedy Store, Amused Moose boasts one of the best line-ups and John Hegley's bargain gig offers cheap laughs and a ska/rocksteady disco.... more

Critic's choice: Top comedy shows

16.11.06
This weekend, a new group of Grumpy Old Women return to the capital, Felix Dexter brings his observational whinges to the Hackney Empire and Bill Bailey reforms his comedy band Beergut 100.... 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

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

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

Shortcomings without the genitals

25.08.06
Phil Nichol may be a great storyteller, but it wasn't clear whether it was talent or his willy-waving antics that gained him an if.comeddies Award nomination this year.... more

Stark raving naked

23.08.06
Well-trodden comedy paths feel like new ground when Phil Nichol travels them. Once the lights are down he snarls and hectors, throwing himself at the audience with a manic savagery.... more

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