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  Michael Palin: Travelling to Work review – a ripping yarn or three

  

  10 Sep 2014:

  Hot on the heels of Monty Python at the O2, Palin's latest offering is mildly amusing but his bricolage offers no surprises

• Joan Rivers remembered by Sean Foley: 'she eviscerated the audience'

  8 Sep 2014:

  Sean Foley, who directed Joan Rivers' 2008 stage show, recalls days of hard graft with an incredible actor, skilled standup and ultra-acerbic clown

• You've got to laugh – Britain has the world's liveliest comedy scene

  8 Sep 2014:

  Brian Logan: No other nation is as funny as we are, thanks to the punk revolution, the Edinburgh fringe – and the legacy of Thatcherism

• Nowhere to hide: why interactive comedy’s jokes are on you

  7 Sep 2014: From wink-murder Hamlet to Swingball to kissing, audience participation is hard to predict. Shrinking violets beware: the joke this autumn could be you, writes Brian Logan

• Appreciation: Joan Rivers, 1933-2014

  7 Sep 2014: Comedian and writer Arabella Weir remembers the trailblazing American comic and salutes her quick wit, craft and personal strength

• So women aren't funny? Well, Joan Rivers had the last laugh, guys

  7 Sep 2014:

  Barbara Ellen: That hoary old lie about women lacking wit was put to death by the brash, brave Ms Rivers

• Decorum, decay and impending death – Joan Rivers' standup

  5 Sep 2014:

  Brian Logan remembers the four times he saw the unflinching, fierce and filthy performances of this comedic force

• Rhys Nicholson review – gross-out comedy soars to unexpected heights

  

  3 Sep 2014: Nicholson's routines are generic in places, but the man delivering them belongs on stage and isn't afraid to show it, writes Brian Logan

• Brisbane festival 2014: six homegrown acts to be proud of

  3 Sep 2014: Kicking off our Brisbane coverage, Anna Madeleine picks some highlights to show off the range of Australian talent in the international arts festival

• All in the family: the Zaltzman comedy siblings

  2 Sep 2014:

  How does one family produce two successful comedians? Sian Cain spoke to siblings Andy and Helen Zaltzman about where their humour comes from

• Bridget Christie: ‘It’s trickery, hiding serious bits within a comic framework’

  29 Aug 2014: Two years ago she delivered her standup routine to 10 people in a strip club. Now she’s a star of the Edinburgh Fringe and touring the country. She talks biros, big families and why the new pope is ‘bloody marvellous’, writes Mark Lawson

• Mat Ricardo: Showman review – a slick and artful juggling act

  

  29 Aug 2014:

  This gloriously old-fashioned celebration of the juggler harks back to the golden age of variety and vaudeville, writes Lyn Gardner

• This week’s new live comedy

  29 Aug 2014: Tig Notaro | Neil Hamburger | Milton Jones

• Steen Raskopoulos review – charming, nerve-jangling comedy

  

  27 Aug 2014:

  Raskopoulos has acting flair, an eye for vivid character and deftness in handling and discomfiting his audience, writes Brian Logan

• John Kearns: loser takes all at Edinburgh

  25 Aug 2014:

  John Kearns has turned failure into silly, soul-searching comedy. Will scooping Edinburgh's top comedy award spoil the punchline? Brian Logan meets the man hailed as the new Hancock

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