Surreal, original, dangerous, brilliant, insane....I have a genuine fear that I'm going to run out of superlatives to describe Dr. Brown's Befrdfgth at Soho Theatre.

I've not seen anything remotely like Befrdfgth and I suspect I'll never see anything that truly matches the experience of seeing Dr. Brown in...

Overlooked, under appreciated but culturally significant, spoken word is quietly but steadily growing. Rumbling just beneath the surface of major cities across the country, poetry nights are popping up all across our island. Poetry is deeply ingrained in this country's lineage so it's perhaps surprising the lack of recognition it...

Tell me a bit about how and when you got into Spoken Word

I first got into Spoken Word around 2001. I was a part of a DJ outfit & we used to play Funk/Hip Hop/Garage/R&B at clubs up and down the UK (And even hit Ibiza). We were planning...

As a Liverpool fan, this reviewer must admit that he had a vested interest in seeing this play. Few subjects pull at the heartstrings quite so much as the Hillsborough tragedy, so it was with morbid curiosity that I sat down to watch Luke Barnes' Bottleneck at the Soho Theatre.

It was with some curiosity approaching skepticism with which I approached going to see The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. I'd previously heard excerpts of the show broadcast and then subsequently retracted from the This American Life podcast after it was revealed that some of the content played fast...

Surreal comedy treads a fine line; it either seems to work emphatically or leave the audience bemused and alienated, and what with his nomination for Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award at this year's festival, expectations have been raised even higher for Tony Law. Not phased by this increased pressure however, and...

Chris Ramsey is already streets ahead of many of his peers in that he doesn't fall into that category of comedians that makes endless jokes about where they're from or their accent. And indeed, Ramsey could probably find an audience for this if he felt so inclined but Feeling Lucky...

Watching a man shake sandwich ham from his head without the aid of his hands is an experience that I won't forget in a hurry. Indeed going to see Sam Simmons is an experience in itself and for the most part, a very positive experience.

Sam Simmon's About the Weather...

For those of you who aren't aware of the This American Life podcast then you absolutely should be. Although, I will warn you in advance that you may start reeling off paraphrased stories from the show to all your peers until they eventually get sick of it and you have...

Fans of Greg Davies will not have been disappointed with what should surely be regarded as a highlight of his career to date in a sold out gig at the Hammersmith Apollo. Where his last show focused heavily around his father, this show is loosely based around his relationship with...

This Lady's Not for Turning Either begins somewhat inconspicuously with Susan Calman initiating the proceedings by way of a tale of the most personal embarrassment of her career to date. However, after imploring her spectators to give her a hero's welcome to the stage, the crowd chants her name and...

As she bounds onto the stage, Shappi Khorsandi immediately exudes a warmth and charisma that's forever present during her show. She almost immediately makes a real and concerted effort to bond with her audience, often addressing individual crowd members by name and bridging the gap between performer and audience.

A...

Most will be aware of Rob Delaney through his Twitter exploits; a prolific tweeter who has amassed over 600,000 followers, Delaney has risen from relative obscurity to be crowned as Comedy Central's 'funniest man' on the social networking site. Such is the buzz surrounding him that his London shows sold...

The internet is awash with criticism of the US remake of The Inbetweeners and the ensuing and arguably inevitable backlash, decrying that this is yet another example of American television taking one of our beloved shows and ruining it. Familiar cries once again bemoan the slurry of American adaptions of...

I'd like to apologise in advance if this article crosses the boundary from critical praise into sycophancy but I genuinely can't recommend Alfie Brown's comedy stylings enough.

Brown is a man utterly without artifice; where other comedians employ a kind of mock anger to highlight their disillusionment with contemporary culture,...

Benny Boot's Def Con 4 provided an hour of relentless, quick fire gags. He begins the show with a breakdown of his show, almost becoming his own compere and he seems keen to point out at the beginning that sometimes jokes 'die'. And indeed this is fairly apposite, as not...

I'd heard that Josie Long was becoming ever more politicised with every Edinburgh show and this show seems to be zenith of such aspirations. Much of the show concerns Josie's disillusionment in coalition Britain and coming to terms with turning 30. Long has that beautiful knack of expressing our own...

Chris Martin's Spot the Difference is an enjoyable and fun hour to be had at this years' Fringe. He finds humour in the middle class tribulations of his life and has the charisma and charm to keep the audience laughing in the stuffy setting of the Gilded Balloon. Drawing on...

Every year for about a month, London gets a lot less funny. Vast swathes of the nation's favourite comedians all flock up to Edinburgh for the month of August. However, a few valiantly stay behind to participate in the ever growing Camden Fringe and one man gallantly at the forefront...

Earlier this week it was announced that Stephen Merchant had been commissioned to write, produce and star in a pilot for HBO entitled 'Hello Ladies'. The show seeks to expand on some of the themes and ideas of his critically acclaimed stand up...