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A single man: Stephen Merchant

Stephen Merchant, Work in Progress, Jacksons Lane Theatre, London (Rated 3/ 5 )

Extra-tall man with the IT factor seeks love

Inside Reviews

Lembit Opik has the tenacity and fearlessness that is required if not yet the material or the right stylistic approach

Lembit Opik, Backstage Comedy Club, London (Rated 2/ 5 )

Friday, 4 June 2010

There was a kind of bittersweet irony that, on the day of the first Prime Minister's Question Time of the coalition government, the former Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik was performing an open-spot stand-up gig in a tiny basement comedy club. Opik, arguably, has performed comedy in a niche environment on both sides of the election.

Former Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik pictured before his debut comedy gig

First Night: Lembit Opik, Backstage Comedy Club, London (Rated 2/ 5 )

Thursday, 3 June 2010

There was a kind of bittersweet irony that, on the day of the first Prime Minister's Question Time of the coalition government, the former Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik was performing an open-spot stand-up gig in a tiny basement comedy club. Opik, it could be argued, has performed comedy in a niche environment on both sides of the election.

Warning: May Contain Nuts

Warning: May Contain Nuts, South Street Arts Centre, Reading (Rated 4/ 5 )

Thursday, 20 May 2010

At a time when many comedians see being controversial as an excuse to aim for cheap laughs, a "taboo-busting evening" may not appear too enticing.

The Flight of the Conchords

Flight of the Conchords, Hammersmith Apollo, London (Rated 3/ 5 )

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

Dulcet duo in pretty fine feather

John Bishop

John Bishop: Elvis Has Left The Building, Hammersmith Apollo, London (Rated 3/ 5 )

Monday, 10 May 2010

If you had told me last August that I would be seeing John Bishop's Edinburgh show performed at the Hammersmith Apollo nine months later, I would have bet against it.

Shappi Khorsandi treads a fine line between sweetness and coyness

Shappi Khorsandi, Soho Theatre, London (Rated 3/ 5 )

Friday, 7 May 2010

The last time I saw Shappi Khorsandi was in the studio of Soho Theatre, but her accession to playing the main theatre space is one of the smaller boons to her career in recent years. The Anglo-Iranian comic has enjoyed coverage on TV shows ranging from Friday Night with Jonathan Ross to Question Time and seen her book A Beginner's Guide to Acting English win her new fans away from the comedy scene. Her act itself, however, makes a sporadic case for its own betterment.

Old pros: Steve Frost and Marcus Brigstocke

Altitude Festival, Méribel Auditorium, France (Rated 3/ 5 )

Wednesday, 7 April 2010

Outside the Auditorium in Méribel's main square, a miniature snowpark had been set up.

Standing up for a good cause: the sumptuous Michael McIntyre

Channel 4's Comedy Gala, The 02, London (Rated 3/ 5 )

Thursday, 1 April 2010

There was a curious mix of something old, something new, something borrowed (such as BBC stars Catherine Tate, Rob Brydon, James Corden and Ruth Jones) and plenty of blue for this mammoth charity gig housed by a venue that was once itself a standing joke when it was the Millennium Dome.

Just a phrase he's going through: Alex Horne tests out some new words

Alex Horne: Wordwatching, Komedia, Brighton (Rated 3/ 5 )

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Rewarding trip round the Horne

There were no dancing girls during An Evening with David Sedaris.

An Evening with David Sedaris, Leicester Square Theatre, London

Sunday, 14 March 2010

'New Yorker' stories combine cleverness and consolation

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