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GuideJohn-Luke Roberts @ Pub/Zoo, 22 April
XS Malarkey’s non-profit ethos, and commitment to supporting both the absolute beginners and rising stars of the circuit, and allowing them to share th... Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
GuideSimon Munnery's Fylm @ Gorilla, 26 Apr
Simon Munnery has never been shy about trying new things and his show Fylm is a surreal yet innovative new twist on the traditional stand-up formula. Undoubt... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
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Sketchole @ The Lowry, 6 Apr
Sketchole sets its stall out pretty early on when Gein’s Family Giftshop’s Ed Easton faced the audience sans clothes in a great sketch about sket... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
GuideRichard Herring: We’re All Going to Die! @ The Lowry, 28 Mar
Running on stage grinning like a mad man and screaming, “We’re all going to die,” Richard Herring announces the title of his new show about... Read more »| 08 Apr 2014 -
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Brothers and Sisters, It's the Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III
“He’s a wrong ‘un, isn’t he?” a worryingly drunk punter gleefully imparts into my ear as we’re treated to a clunky rendit... Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
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Carl Donnelly, Now That's What I Carl Donnelly Vol. 5 @ The Lowry, 16 Mar
It’s surprising how much time a man can spend discussing his own bowel movements without sounding crass and puerile, but Carl Donnelly’s show mak... Read more »| 24 Mar 2014
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Festivals
Glasgow International Comedy Festival: Hurricane LOLbag
Over the last decade, Glasgow International Comedy Festival has established itself as the host of the single highest concentration of laughs on the west coast per annum. We take a look at what this year's programme has in store Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
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Real Life with Ben Kewin @ Gorilla, Manchester, 6 Mar
Playing the kind of overblown, hyper-confident (all be it severely misplaced) pompous buffoons you would associate with American character comics like Will F... Read more »| 10 Mar 2014 -
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Joel Dommett @ The Lowry, 2 Mar
Part of a new wave of improbably nice comedians, Joel Dommett takes to the stage with a mix of mawkish charm and naughty school-child that’s all encaps... Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
GuideRussell Brand: Messiah Complex @ Liverpool Echo Arena, 15 Feb
There aren’t many comics that can get away with calling Mahatma Gandhi a “f*ckin’ snide”, but Russell Brand sets up his premise with ... Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
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Jack Whitehall @ The Lowry, 24 Feb
The man christened ‘King of Comedy’ at the 2013 British Comedy Awards was honing his material on Monday night prior to embarking on a big arena t... Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
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Tony Law / Sofie Hagen / Liam Pickford @ Group Therapy, 22 Feb
It’s not without good reason that Tony Law’s latest show is titled Nonsense Overdrive. The slightly unhinged Canadian explodes on to the stage an... Read more »| 06 Mar 2014 -
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David Baddiel: Fame, Not The Musical @ The Lowry, 31 Jan
David Baddiel marks his return to standup with a heartfelt, philosophical and hilarious look at the nature of fame. Known to the nation as “not Skinner... Read more »| 13 Feb 2014 -
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Enterteasement @ The Admiral
We take a trip to a slightly unusual burlesque night Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
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Norris & Parker @ The Lowry, Salford, 28 Jan
A major worry about a show likened to Brass Eye and The League of Gentlemen is that – like many inspired by the wonderfully surreal and dangerous ... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014