The List
07 August 2008
Lightning fast, likeable wit from not quite Welsh wizard
4 stars

The List
23 August 2007
3 stars
Shappi Khorsandi looks Greek, sounds posh, sleeps around and is an attention-seeking nightmare. Or so she would have us believe.

The List
9 August 2007
4 stars
It’s not often that a comedian invites the audience to join in a chirpy singalong about children drowning in the Titanic disaster. It’s even rarer that it has the crowd in stitches.

The List
16 August 2007
A masterclass in repulsion
4 stars
Of all the descriptions Andrew Lawrence gives himself - ‘a voice like Joe Pasquale’ or ‘hair the colour of sexual rejection’ – the one that gets the biggest laugh is his ‘special needs character from a Dickens novel’.

The List
9 August 2007
Impish, semi-mental charm
4 stars
For the uninitiated, the first breathless minutes of the bedraggled, beardy and rambling Phil Kay’s routine are like watching a homeless dope smoker who has accidentally wandered onstage.

Metro
14 September 2004
An endearing Brand of comedy
Russell Brand - aka the hyper presenter of Big Brother’s EForum on C4 - began his Yoof Telly career with a late-night MTV slot freaking out tranced-up clubbers with creepy stories.

Metro
17 August 2006
American comic Maria Bamford is one of a kind. With only a chair onstage, she walks you through her life, introducing you to her family and old school mates, using an unbelievably versatile range of characters and voices to animate her one-woman show.