Munnery

That's the attitude taken by the likes of Stewart Lee, Daniel Kitson and Simon Munnery, and it's why they're revered by many of their peers.

This week's new comedy 2012

Potential diners need to register online at laconcepta.fr, then they'll be directed to a mystery location to await Munnery and his bag of tricks.

This week's new comedy: Edinburgh special 2011

This year, Munnery's staging seven performances a day.

This week's new comedy: Edinburgh special 2011

In London, there's evergreen genius Simon Munnery at the Chuckle Club, and, at the Comedy Store, boisterous Kiwi comic Jarred Christmas, who can turn every gig he touches into the best party of the year.

This week's new comedy 2011

Munnery's latest show purports to be an attempt to stage a musical based on the R101 airship crash of 1930 which resulted in a higher death toll than the Hindenburg disaster but, inevitably, it contains a huge number of wildly disparate, inventive elements that reflect the comedian's latest obsessions.

This week's new comedy 2012

Interestingly saw Munnery today and he did 15 minutes of anti-Dawkins stuff.

Bitesize Fringe Review #2: Tim Minchin - Ready For This? annawaits 2008

He's clearly the result of a sperm cocktail of Simon Munnery, Jarvis Cocker and Momus.

amuchmoreexotic: 4 tablespoons Maldon salt amuchmoreexotic 2005

Munnery had a 70 minute show at The Stand, but this wasn't long enough, so during the interval he asked for people to put 'motions' for his AGM into a hat, and then after the show was over anyone that wanted to could accompony him to the pub down the road, where he went through each and every one and chatted about them in a funny way, encouraging audience participation.

Pic of the Day annawaits 2007

He's clearly the result of a sperm cocktail of Simon Munnery, Jarvis Cocker and Momus.

4 tablespoons Maldon salt amuchmoreexotic 2005

Elsewhere, in a quiet, leafy square on the edge of New Town, Simon Munnery has set up his pop-up "restaurant conceptuel", a fast-food experience it's only 20 minutes long for four that offers "all the rigamarole of haute cuisine without the shame of eating."

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