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1. 1. Wil Hodgson: Care Bears in the community

   CityLife, Friday 29 December 2006 THERE'S one thing for certain about Wil Hodgson, you're not going to forget who he is in a hurry. Though he conforms to the stand-up stereotype of the twentysomething white bloke, that's pretty much where the similarity ends. A proud punk with pink Mohican, he can expresses his love of emotionally demonstrative Care Bears and, on the other hand, rail against prejudice. It brings new meaning to having love and hate tattooed on your knuckles.

2. 2. Lee's reflex action helps kickstart the scene

   CityLife, Friday 19 January 2007 THE comedy community in Manchester isn't all about the be-wigged and the be-glittered strutting on the stage.

3. 3. Stand-up fans can cheer sporting improv

   CityLife, Friday 12 August 2011 The ComedySportz team is gradually meeting up in order to play their week long run at the Fringe.

4. 4. Interview: John Shuttleworth

   CityLife, Thursday 25 November 2010 The alter ego of John Shuttleworth talks bread with Marissa Burgess.

5. 5. Review: The Best Bits Of LipService - The Lowry

   CityLife, Wednesday 16 June 2010 The Best Bits of LipService is as described, a taste of the award-winning Manchester comedy duo’s extensive back catalogue.

6. 6. Laughter Lines review

   CityLife, Friday 17 July 2009 SOME excellent filming of a very high standard introduced impressive acting by most participants who then delivered a dramatic monologue.

7. 7. Review: Tom Wrigglesworth @ The Lowry

   CityLife, Monday 15 February 2010 Last night saw Wrigglesworth’s story of train ticket injustice come home - as it was on a Virgin service from Manchester to London that he met with fine inspiration for a show that was to become one of the most critically acclaimed and talked about events at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009.

8. 8. Stewart Lee muses on age and observation

   CityLife, Monday 30 November 2009 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.

9. 9. 2008: A great comedy vintage

   CityLife, Sunday 21 December 2008 RATHER than faffing about with a dithery hiatus worrying whether people have the money or the inclination to get their bums down to a comedy night so early in the year, 2008 didn’t pause to mess about.

10. 10. Isma Almas - bubbly stand-up at the Edinburgh Fringe

    CityLife, Wednesday 05 August 2009 AS there aren't that many Muslim women on the stand up circuit Isma Almas draws some obvious comparisons with Shazia Mirza. So we may as well get it out of the way, Isma Almas is a fellow Muslim woman on the stand up circuit - a bit like Shazia Mirza. But that's where the similarity ends...

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