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Comedy features

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

The podfather talks about his favourite interviewees

The top ten comedy podcasts

We run down the ten funniest audio offerings on the web

Chris Hardwick's top ten stand-up comedians

The 'Nerdist Industries' founder reveals his favourite comics

One to watch: Kwame Asante

A quick profile on this mild-mannered rising star

Review: Eddie Izzard – Force Majeure

The surrealist-in-chief aims big in his huge world comedy tour

Weekend comedy clubs in London

Every Friday and Saturday night comedy club, on one handy map

Comedy video: Simon Munnery – Fylm-Makker

Watch the trailer for legendary surrealist comic Simon Munnery's new DVD

Comedians' top ten stand-up comedians

Dave Gorman, Chris Addison, Alan Davies and more pick their favourites

May's top ten comedy shows

We've whittled our listings down the ten best comedy shows this month

Eddie Pepitone: the bitter Buddha

The self-hating cult US comic gets angry ahead

Video: Udderbelly Festival

See what to expect from this year's three-month season

Jo Caulfield's top ten stand-up comedians

The Radio 4 regular reveals her favourite comics

Be a judge on the 2013 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards panel

Could you spot the next Lee Evans or Steve Coogan?

Milton Jones's joke vault

We put the human joke factory to the test

Jimeoin's top ten stand-up comedians

The Northern Irish stand-up and ‘Live at the Apollo’ star reveals his favourite comics

Udderbelly Festival 2013: the top ten comedy shows

What to see at the big moo? Here are our top tips

Udderbelly Festival 2013: the comics' choices

Four acts playing the big moo give us their personal recommendations

Comedy video: The Best of Norfolk – Part One

This video is so sweet and so funny, we just had to share it

Review: Paul F Tompkins – Crying and Driving

A sophisticated hour of skillfully crafted stories from this US veteran

Gary Delaney's top ten stand-up comedians

The ‘Mock the Week’ star reveals his favourite comics

Review: Harry Hill – Sausage Time

A whopping five star review for the 'TV Burp' star's return to stand-up

The art of sketch (according to Pappy's)

The absurdly funny comedy troupe reveal their golden rules…

One to watch: Adam Hess

The lowdown on the new don of the one-liner, winner of the Chortle Student Comedy Award

Found Footage Festival: a sneak preview

Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher share five odd videos from their collection

Chris Addison's top ten stand-up comedians

The 'Mock the Week' and 'The Thick of It' star reveals his favourite comics

Mark Watson’s 25-hour Comedy Marathon

Highlights from the awfully thin comedian's epic comedy show

One to watch: Sunil Patel

A quick profile on this deadpan up-and-comer

Comedy video: How to be a Millionaire

Want to make a millionaire bucks? Lou Sanders will show you how

Themed comedy nights

Standard comedy clubs not to your liking? A themed comedy gig could be for you…

Udderbelly Festival

Our in-depth guide to London's biggest comedy festival

Comedy video: 'Hook – A Weirdos Production'

Watch the entire two-hour bizarrely brilliant reinterpretation of the Robin Williams hit

The Comedy Store: Raw & Uncut

We ask: does stand-up belong on the big screen?

One to watch: Liam Williams

We profile this smart, fast-rising stand-up

Tony Law's Vikings quiz

Test your Norse knowledge with the loony Canadian's interactive quiz

Review: Sarah Silverman

Was her Bloomsbury gig a car-crash, like her 2008 Hammersmith show?

One to watch: Sam Fletcher

A quick profile on the Foster's Best Newcomer nominee

Stewart Lee's history of stand-up on TV

The iconoclast comedian outlines the history of TV's delicate relationship with live comedy

Scott Capurro on political correctness in comedy

The controversial comic examines pushing the boundaries

Alan Davies's top ten stand-up comedians

The 'QI' regular and 'Jonathan Creek' star reveals his favourite comics

James Acaster's 2013 goals for 2013

The Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee aims high for 2013

Scandinavian comedy

Call Lund: Nordic comics are killing rooms across the capital.

Tom Adams lounge gig

This whimsical musical comic gives Ben Williams a gig… in his living room.

2013 comedy: ones to watch

Let us introduce you to our favourite new-school fools.

Comedians on tour 2013

Diaries at the ready: it's time to start planning your comedy year

The best of 2012: comedy

Time Out's comedy editor picks his favourite comedy moments of 2012... and one turkey

Robin Ince's tips for the end of the world

The erudite comic suggests how to spend your last days on earth

Paul Foot's guide to showbizness

The ludicously silly stand-up gets down to bizness

One to watch: Darren Walsh

Find out about about this bonkers newbie

One to watch: Funmbi Omotayo

Cribnotes on this charming new comic

Greg Davies's favourite childhood activities

The star of BBC's 'Cuckoo' shares some of his favourite boyhood larks.

Tim Key's top 10 stand-up comedians

The poet savant reveals his ten favourite comics

Russell Kane in hairstyles

The 'Unzipped' and 'Live at the Electric' star talks Time Out through his dos

Dara O Briain in numbers

Time Out dissects the week-mocking Irish superstar’s career

One to watch: Claudia O'Doherty

The lowdown on the wonderfully offbeat Aussie comic

One to watch: Pat Cahill

A quickfire profile on the super-inventive rising star

Simon Munnery's La Concepta

A taster menu for comedy genius Simon Munnery's conceptual restaurant

One to watch: Harriet Kemsley

Everything you need to know about the refreshingly original comedian

Chris Ramsey's top 10 stand-up comedians

The Geordie comic reveals his ten favourite comics – with video evidence

Laurence Clark: inspired, my arse!

The disabled comedian explains why he can’t stand being called ‘inspirational’

Chopper's 'hard bastard' guide to London

The badass Australian ex-criminal gives us a hard bastard’s guide to the city

Get a taste of the Edinburgh Fringe from London

Enjoy the Fringe from your sofa with our guide to experiencing the festival in London

Summer comedy in London

As most comedians bugger off to Edinburgh, we round-up the laughs left in London

Edinburgh Fringe 2012: comedy highlights

The red comedy comedy picks from the world’s biggest arts festival

Comedy festivals: the comics' choices

Comedians pick their highlights from the Balham, Ealing and Greenwich Comedy Festivals

London: greatest city in the world for comedy

Comedy editor Ben Williams explains why London is the world's biggest laughter supplier

Robin Ince's top 10 stand-up comedians

The erudite wonder reveals his ten favourite comics – with video evidence

Videos from the Found Footage Festival

Found Footage Festival curators Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher share five of their favourite videos

Flyer alarm: Leicester Square comedy clubs

Central London comedy clubs are competing for tourists' business. But are they all they claim? We investigate

Live at the Electric

Russell Kane introduces us to the stars of BBC Three's sketch and character gangshow

Underground Magazine's critic's choice

Underground Magazine recommend their top London comedy picks

Underground Magazine occupy Time Out

The satirical revolutionaries from newspaper parody Underground Magazine take over the Comedy section

2012 London comedy festivals

Summer sunshine and laughter; what better combination?

Deansways and The Vandella: clubbing together

Two new comedy venues have sprung up across the capital

Abandoman freestyle 2012's biggest comedy shows

Watch the hip-hop impro duo work 2012 comedy highlights into a freestyle rap

Learn a card trick with Pete Firman

Want to amaze your friends? Postmodern magician Pete Firman explains a trick anyone can do

Dave Gorman's top 10 stand-up comedians

The docu-comic reveals his ten favourite comics – with video evidence

Brett Goldstein's strip club stories

The comic shares three tales from his days running a strip club in Marbella

Andrew O'Neill on being alternative

‘Genderspastic’ metalhead comic Andrew O’Neill tells us why he keeps away from the mainstream

Exclusive Reggie Watts video

Watch the Seattle-based comedian's improvised song recorded especially for Time Out

The best of 2011: comedy shows

We pick our favourite comedy moments of 2011... and one turkey

The funniest comedians on Twitter

Our ten favourite tweeting stand-ups

Pundon calling

A gallery of our favourite London shop and restaurant pun names

The Comedy Store – London

Our in-depth guide to London's biggest and best comedy club

Stewart Lee's Christmas message

Lee fondly imagines the formative festive experiences he should have had in London (but didn’t)

The best comedy DVDs for Christmas 2011

We list our top ten and review every single release

Colin Hoult writes Time Out an exclusive horror story

The master of macabre character comedy pens Time Out a truly terrifying tale

Simon Evans gets topical

The sharp-witted comic explains where topical comedy is currently thriving

Exclusive Doc Brown video

Watch the comedian's musical journey through 30 years of comedy

London's best comedy open-mic nights

Discover the future of British comedy at London's best open-mic comedy nights

The best comedy clubs in London

We round up the best comedy clubs and nights in the capital

'Angry Boys' characters

Meet the stars of 'Summer Heights High' creator Chris Lilley's new show

A Shanghai surprise for Jarred Christmas

The Kiwi comic tells of his sticky run-in with China's airport security

The Scott Capurro Awards

The acerbic comic dishes out the gongs to some of his favourite chat show guests

Best and worst of 2010: comedy

Five crackers, and one turkey

Russell Kane meets Shakespeare

The wild-haired comic interviews the Bard

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We talk karate and '30 Rock' with the World Champion

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Would you vote for Eddie as Mayor of London?

Mick Foley

The former WWE star talks swapping punches for punchlines

Russell Howard

The wildly popular stand-up on being a reluctant sex symbol

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