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Comedy interviews

Time Out speaks to the biggest names, hottest new talent and rising stars of the comedy world

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  • Humphrey Ker

    The award-winning actor-comedian on turning his grandfather's heroic World War Two exploits into ...

  • Mike Birbiglia

    Master US storyteller on making his UK debut

  • Hannibal Buress

    Former '30 Rock' and 'Saturday Night Live' writer

  • Sara Pascoe

    The actress-comedian talks stand-up

  • Modern Toss: Mick Bunnage (right) and Jon Link

    Modern Toss

    The scabrous comic creators on their live art and home furnishings

  • Nick Helm

    The Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee on terrifying audiences into hysterics

  • Kevin Smith

    The 'Clerks' and 'Dogma' writer-director on why podcasting requires no talent

  • Jackie Mason

    The legendary American stand-up comedian on his last UK shows

  • Chris Addison

    The geeky cult comedian-turned-film star on politics and 'The Thick of It'

  • Frank Skinner

    The Black Country comedy hero tells Time Out what he loves about playing host

  • Alexei Sayle

    Returning to stand-up for the first time in 15 years, Alexei Sayle tells Time Out why his wife is...

  • Tim Key

    'Screenwipe' and 'Newswipe's poet in residence writes Time Out an exclusive poem

  • Adam Riches

    Adam Riches

    The Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning knockabout character comic

  • Tony Law

    Tony Law

    From relative obscurity to a rapidly swelling fanbase, the rise of Tony Law has been long overdue.

  • Stephen Merchant

    'The Office' co-creator on the science of stand-up

  • Totally Tom

    Totally Tom

    The sketch duo quickly rising up the comedy ranks

  • Tommy Tiernan

    Irish superstar and 'Laughs in the Park' star

  • Josie Long

    Josie Long

    The queen of whimsy gets political

  • Sanderson Jones

    Sanderson Jones

    One man's mission to personally sell each ticket to an 800-seat gig

  • Demetri Martin

    Demetri Martin

    Experimental US stand-up and author

  • Ardal O'Hanlon

    Ardal O'Hanlon

    The Irish comedy legend and star of 'Father Ted'

  • The Boy with Tape on His Face

    The Boy with Tape on His Face

    Sublime New Zealand-born silent act

  • Adam Buxton

    The 'Adam' half of 'Adam & Joe' and host of music-video showcase 'BUG'

  • Greg Proops

    Greg Proops

    Legandary improviser and star of 'Whose Line is it Anyway?'

  • Neil Hamburger

    Neil Hamburger

    American's leading anti-comic and Britney Spears attacker

  • Tim & Eric

    Tim & Eric

    'Adult Swim''s experimental comedy duo

  • Reginald D Hunter

    Reginald D Hunter

    The American-born, UK-based coolest man in comedy

  • Bo Burnham

    Bo Burnham

    US wonderkind and YouTube sensation

  • Kathy Griffin

    Kathy Griffin

    Celebrity-obsessed American comic and reality TV star

  • Rita Rudner

    Rita Rudner

    Glitzy, multi-million dollar grossing Las Vegas star

  • Chris Lilley

    'Summer Heights High' and 'Angry Boys' creator/star

  • Andi Osho

    Andi Osho

    The glamorous regular of Channel 4's 'Stand Up for the Week'

  • Milton Jones

    Milton Jones

    'Mock the Week's king of the surreal one-liner

  • Robin Ince

    Robin Ince

    Erudite, innovative comedian and co-host of Radio 4's 'Infinite Monkey Cage'

  • Des Bishop

    Des Bishop

    Slick, personal Irish-American stand-up

  • Dom Joly

    'Trigger Happy TV' co-creator and star of 'I'm a Celebrity…'

  • Doug Stanhope

    Uninhibited US stand-up who's practically made the UK his second home

  • Sandra Bernhard

    Sandra Bernhard

    Comedian/singer-songwriter who tears celebrity culture to shreds

  • Aziz Ansari

    Us star of 'Flight of the Conchords' and 'Parks and Recreation'

  • Kevin Eldon

    The star of practically every British comedy programme of any note finally goes solo

  • Jon Richardson

    The 'Stand Up for the Week' host and '8 Out of 10 Cats' team captain

  • Mark Watson

    Mark Watson

    Understated Bristol-born 'We Need Answers' host

  • Jonny Sweet

    Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning superb character comic

  • Doc Brown

    The phenomenal rapper-turned-comic

  • Jackson's Way

    Will Adamsdale

    Creator of Perrier Award-winning lifecoach show Jackson's Way

  • Peter Kay

    Peter Kay

    One of the biggest comics in the country gives Time Out an exclusive interview

  • Tim Minchin

    Tim Minchin

    The wild-haired Australian musical megastar

  • Lee Nelson

    The star of BBC Three's 'Well Good Show'

  • Greg Davies

    Greg Davies

    The towering star of 'The Inbetweeners' and 'We Are Klang'

  • Bill Bailey

    Whimsical, musical comedy genius

  • Paul Zerdin

    Master ventriloquist and 'Royal Variety Show' stalwart

  • Sean Lock

    Surreal observationalist and '8 Out of 10 Cats' team captain

  • Russell Kane

    Lego-haired Edinburgh Comedy Award winner

  • Ian D Montford

    Tom Binns

    Creator of characters Ivan Brackenbury and Ian D Montfort

  • Russell Peters

    Canadian arena-filler

  • Tom Green

    The US star of 'Freddie Got Fingered' and Drew Barrymore's ex

  • Penn & Teller

    The incredible magic duo and Vegas legends

  • Reggie Watts

    Genre mixing loop-machine using American comic

  • Jimeoin

    Irish-born Australia-based observationalist

  • Wilson Dixon

    Wilson Dixon

    Country and western singer-songwriter

  • David Cross

    David Cross

    American comedy legend and star of 'Arrested Development'

  • Richard Blackwood

    Richard Blackwood

    Radio DJ and former TV presenter is still going strong as a stand-up

  • Jason Byrne

    Jason Byrne

    Manic Irishman and 'Live at the Apollo' star

  • Ali Cook

    Ali Cook

    Master magacian and star of 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us'

  • Marc Maron

    US creator of the 'WTF' podcast

  • Jarred Christmas

    Hyperactive Kiwi comic – a true Time Out fave

  • Eddie Kadi

    This relatively unknown comic filled the O2 Arena. Find out why…

  • John Bishop

    The arena-filling Liverpudlian powerhouse

  • Stewart Francis

    Slick, Canadian one-liner master

  • Rory Bremner

    Rory Bremner

    Much-loved impressionist and 'Bremner' third of 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune'

  • Jeff Dunham

    Jeff Dunham

    American superstar ventriloquist

  • Sean Hughes

    The dark, Irish ex 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' team captain

  • Shappi Khorsandi

    Shappi Khorsandi

    Feisty Iranian-born stand-up and 'Live at the Apollo' star

  • Zoe Lyons

    The sharp-witted 'Mock the Week' guest

  • Lee Mack

    Lee Mack

    Co-creator/star of 'Not Going Out' and rapid fire comic

  • Dave Gorman

    Pioneer of docu-comedy is back to his stand-up routes

  • Tim Key and Jonny Sweet

    Tim Key and Jonny Sweet

    Double-interview with the Edinburgh Comedy Award-winners

  • Stephen K Amos

    Feelgood comedy master and 'Live at the Apollo' star

  • Armstrong and Miller

    Primetime BBC One's much-loved sketch duo

  • Frankie Boyle

    The dark, twisted, ex 'Mock the Week' regular

  • Robert Webb and David Mitchell

    David Mitchell and Robert Webb

    The stars of 'Peep Show' and 'That Mitchell and Webb Look'

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