While there'll always be a place for down-the-line observational stand-up, there are thankfully also some comics doing stranger stuff at the fringes. "It's perhaps less mainstream acts, a bit more ...

Fortysomething geek or indie rocker? His gigs defy narrow categorisation too, being experimentally varied and full of non-sequiturs. One minute he'll be launching into a satirical droning ballad – "la ...

Dear Reader, I hope you’re well. My new stand-up hour will consist of the usual unusual melange of jokes, sketches, stories, art, poetry and satire. I have great aspirations for this year’s Edinburgh ...

“I’ve been mugged three times and arrested once. What a night!” Twenty years ago, in Edinburgh, legendary comedian Simon Munnery was arrested for “being a German in a built-up area”. It wasn’t an ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Twenty years ago, in Edinburgh, legendary comedian Simon Munnery was ...

League Against Tedium – Absurdist comedy at its very best. The comedian reprises his notorious alter ego, bedsit anarchist Alan Parker Urban Warrior. Once the most radical, now the only radical, Alan ...

SIMON MUNNERY tours until the end of April with his show Standing Still and, for those who like their comedy experimental and outlandish, it’s a must-see. Munnery’s latest has, according to its flyer, ...

German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn and Isy Suttie join tonight's line up of original comedians. Stewart Lee meets them backstage. Chaser Paul Sinha is joined by David O'Doherty, Henning Wehn, and ...

Simon Munnery - ‘one of the all-time great British stand-ups’ (Stewart Lee) - is back on tour in 2025. Expect all your classic Munnery one-liners, sketches and anecdotes from the British Comedy Award ...

I went to a funeral the other day Caught the wreath Thats what came to me from the mysterious source of the inexplicable Hear the story of the joke the painting and what happened next This show was ...