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Women asked to strip... for feminism

2009-11-20T12:40:18Z

Janeane Garofalo is compelling company

2009-08-09T23:00:00Z

Edinburgh Comedy: American Janeane Garofalo's run is selling out thanks to her appearances in hit sitcoms such as The Larry Sanders Show.

Denise Van Outen has a dig at Blondes

2009-08-09T23:00:00Z

Edinburgh Theatre: Denise Van Outen's show turns out to be an astonishingly mean-spirited dig at nearly every blonde who isn�t Denise Van Outen

Let�s go. We can�t. Why not? ... We�re still waiting to perform Godot in a public loo

2009-07-23T11:26:54Z

When Harry Michell was refused permission to stage Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot in a public lavatory by the playwright's estate he wanted revenge

Udderbelly will have us laughing all the way to Southbank

2009-05-27T08:06:03Z

A new comedy festival in a cow-shaped tent by the Thames aims to bring some Edinburgh spirit to London.

Anglo-Irish madness in Walworth Farce

2008-09-24T23:00:00Z

Mikel Murfi's chronically boisterous production of The Walworth Farce remains true to the title with its characterising notes of grotesquerie.

Eurobeat is popfest parody par excellence

2008-09-03T23:00:00Z

Whether you are a Eurovision fan, you will love this spoof: Eurobeat, coming to the West End after being a huge hit at last year's Edinburgh Fringe.

Jason Byrne levels things out

2008-08-27T23:00:00Z

Jason Byrne was on showstopping form with his reflections on the problems of keeping romance alive on the opening night of Pimms Summerfest.

Alan Carr: I couldn't come out to my football boss dad - I've never been in!

2008-08-22T12:41:14Z

His soccer boss father wanted him to be a footballer, but Alan Carr always knew he was different. Now Britain's campest comic is making millions.

Did you hear the one about the Edinburgh comedy prize?

2008-08-20T12:46:28Z

There was an Englishman, an Irishman, a Welshman and a couple of Americans on the shortlist for the Edinburgh Fringe's top comedy award

Something has gone wrong with Brendon Burns

2008-08-03T23:00:00Z

On the opening weekend of the Edinburgh Fringe, Brendon Burns' show was not exactly end-to-end giggles, says Bruce Dessau.

All in the title for Deborah Frances-White

2008-07-08T23:00:00Z

Calling your show How To Get Almost Anyone To Want To Sleep With You: The Advanced Class sells tickets, as Deborah Frances-White proved.

Playing the tables

2007-11-07T00:00:00Z

The Tricycle is hardly the ideal venue for an intimate show like The Table, but this Polish conceit is still a clever, surprising delight.

Critic's choice: top five comedy shows

2007-08-30T08:52:13Z

A seriously weird American family, inventive stand-up Dan Antopolski and two successful acts returning from Edinburgh make up Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.

Laughs a plenty, but not a sniff of nudity

2007-08-13T23:00:00Z

Based on the 1970s porn flick, Debbie Does Dallas is very funny with heaps of smutty jokes and superb performances from an enthusiatic cast.

Ants that blow you away

2007-08-08T23:00:00Z

Idiots of Ants are not sick, dark or fashionably twisted, they are just very, very funny, says Bruce Dessau.

Close encounter with a Rolling Stones obsessive

2007-08-05T23:00:00Z

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.

Critic's choice: Top comedy shows

2007-08-02T10:40:39Z

Edwardian-themed sketches from The Ornate Johnsons, the Camden Fringe and Mock The Week's Andy Parsons are among the top comedy choices.

Do you Adam and Eve it...?

2007-07-30T08:25:13Z

Don't worry if you cannot make it to Edinburgh this year, there is always the Camden Fringe: a month-long mixed bag of stand-up, sketch, character comedy and theatre acts.

Edinburgh Festival highlights

2007-07-24T08:54:19Z

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

Is Edinburgh killing comedy?

2007-07-24T08:10:48Z

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

Comedian offers a sneak preview

2007-06-22T10:51:21Z

Funnyman and presenter of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Simon Amstell, previews his Edinburgh Fringe routine in the capital on Monday June 25

Making fast work of the Bard

2007-06-21T23:00:00Z

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) moves at a cracking pace which sees 37 plays covered in just 97 minutes

Critic's choice: top 5 comedy shows

2007-05-31T10:12:37Z

Spikey Jo Caulfield, Jo Brand, John Hegley, Shappi Khorsandi, John Shuttleworth - there's loads of great comedy around this weekend.

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

2007-05-17T08:55:53Z

The godfather of modern character comedy, John Shuttleworth, Alex Lowe's phone-in obsessed Barry, and flame-haired Aussie Sarah Kendall all perform this weekend.

Horrific breakdown is not as funny this time

2007-03-21T00:00:00Z

Australian loudmouth Brendon Burns' show, Sober Not Clean, might be a flawed comic postcard from the edge, but at its best it is also chillingly compelling.

Italian is still in fashion

2006-10-30T00:00:00Z

It's remarkable that up-market Italian Quirinale has survived as long as it has, but this is one of the few institutions in the Westminster Village that deserves to stay in fashion.

Top 5 comedy nights

2006-09-07T10:42:29Z

Aussie Steve Hughes gets his teeth into Israeli foreign policy, Scotsman Geoff Boyz impersonates Robert De Niro and Harry Hill keeps his funny bones in shape.

Shortcomings without the genitals

2006-08-24T23:00:00Z

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.

Show needs kiss of life

2006-08-06T23:00:00Z

Fringe review: The star of This is So Not About the Simpsons is Harry Shearer, the voice of the reptilian Mr Burns. Shearer and his Welsh wife sing songs and tell us things about America that we already know and their ditties left Bruce Dessau in need of medication.