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Russell Peters' Hong Kong tickets on sale for one-night show in March

21 Jan 2013

Tickets are now on sale for Canadian comedian Russell Peters' one night only show at AsiaWorld-Expo on March 22.

5:05AM

Comedian Jim Davidson arrested in Jimmy Savile probe

4 Jan 2013

British television presenter Jim Davidson has denied claims made against him after becoming the latest celebrity to be arrested by police probing sexual abuse allegations.

5:48AM

Tastemaker: Arj Barker

18 Nov 2012

"That Flight of the Conchords guy" - for years, comedian Arj Barker has had to live with that alter-ego. As supporting character Dave, Barker won plaudits and broke through to the comedy...

1:54PM

Censoring parody no joke, says comedian

9 Jun 2012

Jim Chim Sui-man fears that his next stage production, Mr Rubber Man, could be his last before he is put behind bars.

5:07PM

Hats on for a new start

30 Dec 2011

Jim Chim Sui-man, comedian

4:13AM

Shake a leg!

20 Jun 2011

'I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to stop going to those places.' Henny Youngman, American comedian (1906 - 1998)

Leg meanings

The word 'leg...

12:51PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? No matter, this comedy act won't get lost in translation

Germans are known for their cars, engineering, great coffee makers, efficiency, beer ... their sense of humour? Not so much.

12:45AM

Funny business

Stony-faced, Damien Lee Ka-fai launches into a litany of woes. 'I'm a high-school dropout, I don't have a job, I don't have a girlfriend - or boyfriend,' he says, drawing bursts of laughter from...

8:19AM

Tokyo

Heard the Japanese joke about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's sex life? The Emperor's? Me neither. I doubt they exist. Not ones you can tell in public anyway, which is odd because in private...

11:18PM

Money laughs for funnyman tsang

Money can't buy you happiness, they say, but that doesn't seem to apply to comedian Eric Tsang Chi-wai, whose monetary-themed Christmas and New Year cards brought a smile to all who received them...

12:54PM

Just the Tonic

Debut run of stand-up comedians including award-winning British comedian Jeff Green (right) and Scottish impressionist Geoff Bozy. Today-tomorrow, 9pm, Amici Restaurant, 1/F, 81-85 Lockhart Rd...

9:25AM

Comedian aims to conquer coliseum

Usually confined to clubs and smaller venues, stand-up comedy is taking a giant leap up to the next stage - at the 13,000-seat Coliseum at the end of the month.

11:45AM