Denis Leary, the acid-head, acid tongued Willem Defoe lookalike is one of the best stand-ups to have come out of the US. Fag in hand, his routines are a long and acerbic diatribe against politics, stars, anti-smokers and anyone else he doesn't like! Sarcastic, witty and very funny. find out more...

Beat Generation New Yorker Lenny Bruce shocked the world, and became the blueprint for a new kind of stand up comedy, with his profanities, attitudes toward drugs, irreverence, anti-establishmentism and general anarchistic demeanour. He faced years of consequent police and legal harassment. find out more...

Whoopi Goldberg is like a hip, Afro-American Joyce Grenfell. Her monologues are masterpieces of characterisation and acute observation - always funny and moving.

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