09.05.08

Jackie Mason has been criticised for his anti-Arab pronouncements yet, at a variety show celebrating Israel's 60th anniversary, he restrained himself.

08.05.08

There is a visceral thrill to seeing the small, neat Derren Brown at work in the flesh in his latest show, An Evening Of Wonders, says Bruce Dessau.

01.05.08

Dina Martina is one of the weirdest, wiggiest and most accessible acts The Soho Theatre has staged for a long time, says Bruce Dessau.

30.04.08

Miles Jupp's current show, Everyday Rage and Dinner Party Chat, is a refreshingly cheery roll-call of annoyances, says Bruce Dessau.

28.04.08

The slimmer, newly divorced Johnny Vegas was still the same savage tornado of shameless self-loathing, bitterness and regret at Stewart Lee's show.

25.04.08

In the right role Richard Lumsden is very good but The Fall and Rise of Lenny Smallman, a self-penned, cliché-jammed slog of a pop parable, stretches...
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18.04.08

There is an underpinning intelligence to Paul Sinha's King of the World, which places it well above the standard stand-up routine.

15.04.08

Toby Hadoke's engagingly nerdy confessional, Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf, reveals the reason behind his obesession with the fictional character.

14.04.08

If you are partial to deftly crafted bad toilet humour The Tiger Lillies wil leave you greedy for more, says Bruce Dessau.

10.04.08

TV Mighty Boosh co-creator Noel Fielding is a star from his bird’s nest hair to Cuban-heeled boots and he knows it, says Bruce Dessau.

02.04.08

Andrew Maxwell and Simon Amstell did not have a very successful gig at Neighbourhood. But it was more the setting than the comedians that were to...
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28.03.08

Doktor Cocacolamcdonalds certainly has an eye-catching image but the material does not live up to the look in his freeform show, says Bruce Dessau.

26.03.08

French and Saunders do what they do best in their latest live show - give us something to laugh about. Bruce Dessau says no other women pull off...
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25.03.08

Scott Capurro's warped wit is hard to enjoy despite some intermittently insightful comments, says Bruce Dessau.

19.03.08

The Arab, the Jew and the Chicken ensemble know their Hammas from their hummous and provide plenty of laughs but give no clear message to the...
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12.03.08

Adam Buxton's Ray Charles-ish Slappy Pappy must be the only biopic to feature a blues refrain inspired by overcooked broccoli.

10.03.08

Part-performance art, part-unhinged car crash lunacy, wild-eyed American Rick Shapiro makes riveting comedy-as-therapy stuff.

05.03.08

Entertainment ... My Arts! might land soft punches on obvious targets, but at 30 minutes and a fiver a pop it is hardly fleecing fans in terms of time...
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27.02.08

Audience participation. Blurring boundaries between comedy and performance art. Urination, thankfully on video. It can only be Kim Noble and Stuart...
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25.02.08

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