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1. 1. Manchester Comedy Festival: Best Bits October 17-20

   CityLife, Friday 14 October 2011 THERE might be nothing funny about this weather we're having, but if there's something else that bonds us as firmly as talking about our inclement climate it's having a good laugh. Sarah Walters previews the opening week of the Manchester Comedy Festival.

2. 2. Interview: Adam Hills

   CityLife, Thursday 29 October 2009 MARISSA Burgess finds out if comic Adam Hills is always so cheery... discussing age, dad jokes, being heckled - and what he thinks of UK weather.

3. 3. Interview: Jim Jeffries

   CityLife, Sunday 18 October 2009 Since the last time CityLife spoke to Jim Jeffries the Aussie comedian has upped sticks from the UK and taken himself off to LA. One of the consequences of which was that getting hold of him for interview proved tricky. West coast USA being eight hours behind, the usual manner would be to call late in the working...

4. 4. Interview: David O'Doherty

   CityLife, Friday 16 October 2009 ISN'T technology great? With a little help from its illogical and unfathomable (to me anyway) magic, CityLife was able to catch up with last year’s If.comedy winner David O’Doherty on tour in Canada without having to hail a passing 747 or stow away on a cross-Atlantic steamer.

5. 5. Interview: Michael McIntyre

   CityLife, Thursday 15 October 2009 YOU might think that it was all glamour, greasepaint and groupies for a comedian when he hits the big time. But for many it still involves time spent in anonymous accommodation in less than inspiring autumn weather.

6. 6. Marissa's Edinburgh Fringe Blog - Ferry good times

   CityLife, Thursday 13 August 2009 OH my word. If you ever hear me utter the words, I’m off for a quick pint with Mick Ferry slap me with a kipper and bundle me back in the flat.

7. 7. RNCM delivers the Read Deal this September

   CityLife, Monday 27 July 2009 WITH tickets at only £10 for the Manchester's 'Real Deal' performance, it seems too much like a bargain to miss. If talk is cheap, so are the giggles!

8. 8. The small but perfectly formed Salford Festival of Musical Comedy

   CityLife, Sunday 26 July 2009 THE Manchester Comedy Festival may be a distant speck on the horizon - far, far off in the land of pumpkins and increasingly chilly weather that is October - but to keep us going there’s a young upstart of a comedy festival on this week; the inaugural Salford Festival of Musical Comedy.

9. 9. Charity date for Jo Brand

   CityLife, Saturday 25 October 2008 THERE are moments in the live calendar that call for you to put down the TV dinner, set up the Sky box to record your weekly soaps/reality shows and brave the wet and windy weather out in the real world. Jo Brand at Manchester’s bijou Comedy Store is one of these.

10. 10. Lo-fi O'Doherty to play XS Malarkey

    CityLife, Saturday 18 October 2008 Isn't technology great? With a little help from its illogical and unfathomable (to me anyway) magic, City Life was able to catch up with this year's if.comedy winner David O'Doherty on tour in Canada without having to hail a passing 747 or stow away on a cross-Atlantic steamer. So h...

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