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Review: Lee Mack @ Middleton Arena

By Chris Jones

YOU'RE never quite sure what you will get with a comedian like Lee Mack – something those sitting on the front row of the comedian's Middleton gig will attest to.

Review: Stewart Francis @ The Lowry

By Marissa Burgess

THE piecing together of a stand up routine is always an impressive feat. But when your set consists of a series of one liners, it always seems that so much more work has gone in.

Review: Count Arthur Strong @ The Lowry

By Katherine Vine

THE Count is an irritable, curmudgeonly ex-actor who labours under delusions of his own grandeur and has a few problems with the English language.

Learn something from Ince's School For Gifted Children

By Marissa Burgess

COMEDY and science are not the most common or easy of bedfellows. For many people, the perception of science is of dull lessons at school led by bored teachers.

Stewart Lee muses on age and observation

By Marissa Burgess

BEFORE the gig starts, a man in the row behind muses on the fact that you have to produce a whole new stand-up set when such a large amount of your material has gone into six half-hour episodes of the BBC show Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.

5 sidesplitters for a fiver

Fluffty Powers wrote: A comedy night with a difference. As well as being in stitches all night... it was a real warm friendly atmosphere, cozy venue, free sweets and a blue peter syle art competition. Even the new comedians were hilarious. Don't go if you're easily offended. Read more…

You have flown the rest, now fly the VERY best!

vincent Doherty wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28mF60ylQ-Y Read more…

Ricky Gervais Science

Anonymous wrote: I went to see Science on Thursday (not sure why that's relevant it's the same every night). I agree with some of what the main reviewer said-the Amanda Holden joke was too long and laboured and ended up not being that funny. He only loosely sticks to the theme and it probably wasn't as good as his previous shows.... Read more…

The real review

Ldopas Ldopas wrote: Eddie on half speed! Read more…

Michael Mcintyre at the MEN Tues 20/10

Anonymous wrote: I'm not sure if some of the other reviewers were at the same show as me. If you liked the jovial observational humour of the first DVD and his Live at the Apollo appearances this is more of the same. The MEN is an intimidating and vast venue and so there is no audience interaction but I thoroughly enjo... Read more…