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Tim Key: The Slutcracker, Soho Theatre, London (Rated 3/ 5 )
Monday, 15 February 2010
With the inaugural Edinburgh Comedy Award bestowed on Tim Key, and the newcomer award on Johnny Sweet, a new wave of clever, lo-fi comedy was recognised at last year's Fringe.
Marcus Brigstocke: God Collar, Vaudeville Theatre, London (Rated 3/ 5 )
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Faith, hope and occasional hilarity
Barbershopera II, Trafalgar Studios, London (Rated 3/ 5 )
Monday, 8 February 2010
A matador inherits his father's barbershop in Norfolk but his sole aim while in England is to collect a pair of golden scissors before returning to his mother in Spain.
Billy Connolly, HMV Apollo Hammersmith, London
Sunday, 17 January 2010
From Big Yin to Big Yawn – with swearing where the jokes used to be
Kim Noble Will Die, Soho Theatre, London (Rated 3/ 5 )
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
A look at the light side of suicide
Eddie Izzard, The 02, London (Rated 3/ 5 )
Thursday, 10 December 2009
It's six years since Eddie Izzard's last full national tour. At his peak, his tours were never more than three years apart so it is a testimony to his following that this prolonged hiatus has not prevented him from stepping out as a stadium comic.
Louis CK, Bloomsbury Theatre, London (Rated 4/ 5 )
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
If you saw Ricky Gervais' widely panned tour this year you will have watched, as part of the show's opening sequence, the burly ginger American comic Louis CK deliver a recorded plea for certain bodily fluids to keep Gervais alive.
Steve Martin with The Steep Canyon Rangers, Royal Festival Hall, London
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Rich pickings for comedy and bluegrass fans alike
An Evening With Michael McIntyre, Wembley Arena, London (Rated 3/ 5 )
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
At the cutting edge of suburbia
Daniel Kitson: We Are Gathered Here, Playhouse, Oxford (Rated 4/ 5 )
Monday, 28 September 2009
Death (and life) become him
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