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A comedy club has hired a sign language interpreter to make sense of the jokes for deaf customers
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Third time lucky for comic Russell Kane
Sunday, 29 August 2010
Veronica Lee: Edinburgh Comedy Award goes to stand-up's intensely personal show about his late father
This is the weekend for...telling jokes
Saturday, 28 August 2010
With the Government offering death by a thousand cuts, the weather offering a sneak preview of autumn and old women torturing cats, heaven knows, we could all do with a laugh.
It's the way he tells them... Vine's joke is Fringe best
Monday, 23 August 2010
One-liner by Tim Vine named as the best joke at Edinburgh
Fry's new show scripted by his Twitter fans
Friday, 13 August 2010
The idea that an entertainer would organise a 5,000-seater solo gig with no script and only a hazy plan to amuse the crowd, brings to mind images of creeks and paddles.
Creator of cult comedian Frank Sidebottom dies
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Chris Sievey, the man behind comic creation Frank Sidebottom, has died after collapsing at his home.
Comedy to break stereotype of Asian women
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
A night dedicated to Asian stand-up comediennes is being staged this week, to break the stereotype of the typical Asian woman.
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".
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