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Maysoon Zayid's Funny Arabs gig at the Epstein
Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival???s Funny Arabs brings New York based Arab comedienne Maysoon Zayid to Liverpool for the first time this month. She'll be playing the Epstein Theatre on November 25. Funny Arabs is billed as "a laugh about living in th...
REVIEW: Jigsy, Liverpool Royal Court
It's perfect for Les Dennis, and perfect for the Royal Court: Jigsy, the one-man play about a faded Liverpool comic. The show, penned by Tony Staveacre, is 'loosely' based on the Scouse stand up Jackie Hamilton, and comes to the city after a succe...
REVIEW: Joan Rivers, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
If Joan Rivers was Frankie Boyle, she'd never be out of the papers for scandal. If she was Jimmy Carr, she'd have the professionally outraged demanding her head on a spike every other week. Rivers in full flow on stage could actually be the most o...
Silky headlines new comedy night at the Lantern
The Lantern Theatre is to turn its hand to comedy with a night of stand up next month. On Sunday, October 7, our pal Silky will be returning to Liverpool to headline A Rush of Laughter. Joined by Scott Bennett, whose accolades include being named ...
Impropriety heads to Canadia
Some of our friends at Impropriety have been stealthily making their way over to the wilds of The Wall, I mean Canada, to take part in a fantastical challenge. Whether MADEUP is telling you about this to share the good news or for the flimsy excus...
REVIEW: Laurence Clark, Unity Theatre Liverpool
Inspired is Liverpool comic Laurence Clark???s second homecoming show of the year. Playing to a packed out Unity theatre last night, he presented his latest show Inspired, funded by London 2012. This didn???t affect the show???s content, in which Clark,...
Interview: DaDaFest comic David Roche
"People ask me if being disfigured has had a big effect on my sex life, and the answer is yes, but not nearly as much as being raised Catholic,??? chuckles David Roche. It???s the tagline to his new one-man show, and he knows it???s a doozy. ???I call mys...
WWE legend Mick Foley in Liverpool
The hottest theatre ticket in town this week isn???t anything to do with a Streetcar Named Desire or Rogers and Hammerstein, believe you me (or perhaps don???t). It???s more to do with a one man show from a bloke better known for talking to a sock on hi...
Into the new year with Impropriety
Our friends Impropriety have a whole host of comedy capers coming our way in the next few months. Their tried-and-tested improvathon and improvised soap opera are returning for 2012; but first they're kicking things off with a big launch and fundr...