Richard Herring

Richard Herring shares top stand up billing with Shappi Khorsandi supported by another of our favourites, Ed Aczel, on Tuesday night. Question: why on earth is Herring being billed as “Star of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Have I Got News For You & Fist Of …

Get ready to shout ‘willies!’ because Richard Herring’s live, unedited podcast show As It Occurs To Me returns to the Leicester Square Theatre for a second series on Monday. As before, the podcast will be available to download free after the live event but as …

Stewart Lee, © Gavin Evans The British Library’s perhaps not the first place you’d think of to get a dose of chuckles, but this week it hosts two thoughtful and bellylaughtersome events. Andy Zaltzman moves Political Animal from Radio 4, losing John Oliver in the …

Lambeth’s local boy done good would have been celebrating his 121st birthday tomorrow. Famous as a filmstar, he also pioneered a certain arrangement of facial hair. Some argue that Hitler did it first but Chaplin surely gets the credit as he had a rationale behind …

Regent Street: it’s amazing what you can see when you look up Follow one Londonista trying to put the brakes on with Slow Club. I recently read a book called Night Work by Thomas Glavinic. The central premise is that a man wakes up to …

Red Herring What do comedians do when they can’t get their ideas on the television or radio? Is it possible for a comedian to create and then successfully broadcast their work on their own, without the need for the involvement of mainstream media? For the …

Already doing wonderful podcasts in the form of the anarchic Collings and Herrin, Richard Herring is recording a new series, As It Occurs To Me, for the next ten weeks at the Leicester Square theatre. Tickets for the Monday night stand up (8pm start) are …

The marvellous Daniel Kitson With just a couple of weeks left until Edinburgh, the comedians are busy honing and whittling down their best material. It’s a great time to check out the new shows, so take your pick of these. Daniel Kitson is perhaps one …

It’s a London summer in full swing this week, with parades and festivals galore. Take advantage of all the great events on offer without spending any of your hard-earned holiday savings since most of the events in this week’s roundup are completely free. Plus, Tuesday …

Here’s week three of our pick of the week’s best Edinburgh Festival previews, where big name-acts charge small prices while they try out new ideas. Embrace London’s comedy scene in June and July like you would embrace your dearest friend, or a delicious pineapple, and …