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Joanne Lau -'I used to start my set looking like a nerdy, quietly obedient Chinese girl, who spoke with a Chinese accent, but I was saying stuff that any normal person would say in that accent, and with that look. People were taken aback that someone could look like that yet say things that they could relate to. Other people looked really uncomfortable, particularly by the accent.'

Comedy to break stereotype of Asian women

A night dedicated to Asian stand-up comediennes is being staged this week, to break the stereotype of the typical Asian woman.

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Jonathan Ross to host new-look comedy awards

Friday, 11 June 2010

Jonathan Ross was confirmed today as the host of the re-vamped British Comedy Awards.

Why Lembit Opik's now happy to be laughed at

Thursday, 3 June 2010

Politics, as the saying goes, is showbusiness for ugly people. Having had a go at one career, former Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik is now trying his hand at the other, hoping to carve himself an unlikely niche as a stand-up comedian.

Lembit Opik prepares for stand-up comedy gig

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

Ex-MP Lembit Opik said today he wanted to see whether stand-up comedy was "like being an MP but a bit funnier" as he prepared for his first gig.

John Cleese plans 'alimony tour' to pay his ex-wife

Saturday, 22 May 2010

John Cleese is to embark on his first-ever UK tour next year at the age of 71. The comedian, who recently agreed a divorce settlement believed to be in the region of £12m, has dubbed it the "Alimony Tour".

'Daily Show' Brit gets own comedy series

Friday, 20 November 2009

John Oliver graduates from Jon Stewart's hugely successful US news satire

Plagiarism is no laughing matter for comedians

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Chris Green: A performer has highlighted the growing problem of material being reproduced online

Win comedy tickets in London and Birmingham

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Magners Pear Cider and The Independent have teamed up for a night of laughs with some of the best UK-based breakthrough comedians at The Roundhouse, London on the 11th November and The Glee Club, Birmingham on the 18th November. We’ve got five pairs of tickets to giveaway for this invite-only gig at both venues.