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		<title>Edinburgh comedy winners take on Soho</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The over-all winner and best newcomer from this year&#8217;s Edinburgh Comedy Award proceedings &#8211; Adam Riches and occasional Penny Dreadful Humphrey Kerr - will both take to the Soho Theatre stage this weekend. Riches is optimistic that his current stand-up show, as seen in da Burgh last August, will translate well for the London crowd. Speaking to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Famous funny faces to auction charity portraits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opening today at London&#8217;s Strand Gallery is &#8216;Funny Faces&#8217;, a new exhibition of 40 portraits of celebrity stand-ups and comic thespian types. Jimmy Carr, Al Murray, David Mitchell and Omid Djalili have all donated autographed mug-shots, as taken by Paul Heneker, to the collection, which will be auctioned off when the show closes on 17 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thisweeklondon.com/article/famous-funny-faces-to-auction-charity-portraits/</link>
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		<title>Target and Berg&#8217;s PLEB Talks: solving world crises, chucking Quorn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking their cue from the good old TED Talks (you know the ones&#8230; those big high profile lectures as delivered by Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and some people not called Bill, these days all streamed for free on the net), comedians Ben Target and Daniel Berg will this Thursday conduct the third in their own [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thisweeklondon.com/article/target-and-bergs-pleb-talks-solving-world-crises-chucking-quorn/</link>
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		<title>Verdict on Tate&#8217;s BP alliance expected soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Turner Prize isn&#8217;t the only thing putting the art world in a spin this week, oh no; there&#8217;s also the matter of whether or not Team Tate will opt to extend their 21-year partnership with sponsors BP. Having first struck a deal with Tate Britain in 1990, the oil giant today spends over £1m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thisweeklondon.com/article/verdict-on-tates-bp-alliance-expected-soon/</link>
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		<title>Howl&#8217;s Moving Castle settles at Southwark theatre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Fry and Fyfe Dangerfield of indie troupe Guillemots are amongst those involved in a new stage adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones&#8217; fantasy novel &#8216;Howl&#8217;s Moving Castle&#8217;. Fry lends his narratorial voice to the production, which runs until 7 Jan at the Southwark Playhouse Vault, while Dangerfield is responsible for the music. In seeking a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thisweeklondon.com/article/howls-moving-castle-settles-at-southwark-theatre/</link>
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		<title>The Rapture announce shows; two standard, one special</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having released their first post-hiatus album, ‘In The Grace Of Your Love’, earlier this year, The Rapture will be stopping by for a two-date UK jaunt next May. But wait, there’s more, because the band are also set to play an exclusive interactive London show on 12 Dec. Presented by Dell, Intel and Vice Magazine’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thisweeklondon.com/article/the-rapture-announce-shows-two-standard-one-special/</link>
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		<title>Owner rejigs Comedy Cafe for the &#8220;thinking man&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Noel Faulkner, owner of Shoreditch&#8217;s Comedy Cafe, has announced the imminent closure of the venue&#8217;s main room and an overhaul of its programming, apparently because he&#8217;s tired of &#8220;brainless&#8221; audiences. Plans are in place to open a new upstairs venue at the club, which, by also hosting &#8216;theatre nights&#8217; and showcasing more new talent, he hopes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thisweeklondon.com/article/owner-rejigs-comedy-cafe-for-the-thinking-man/</link>
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		<title>Comedy Link: Gervais talks &#8216;Life&#8217;s Too Short&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, Ricky Gervais stepped in to discuss his new comedy series &#8216;Life&#8217;s Too Short&#8217; with &#8216;Front Row&#8217; presenter Mark Lawson last week. I think it&#8217;d be fair to say that the show, a mockumentary-style sitcom centring on the not-so showbiz life of its 3 ft 6 protagonist, Warwick Davis, has taken a good deal of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thisweeklondon.com/article/comedy-link-gervais-talks-lifes-too-short/</link>
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		<title>Zach Braff eyes West End debut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US actor Zach Braff confirmed late last week that he&#8217;ll make his first ever West End appearance early next year in &#8216;All New People&#8217;, a self-penned piece set to play at the Duke Of York&#8217;s theatre from 22 Feb. Though best known for playing loveable kook John &#8216;JD&#8217; Dorian in now-defunct hospital sitcom &#8216;Scrubs&#8217;, Braff&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thisweeklondon.com/article/zach-braff-eyes-west-end-debut/</link>
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		<title>HMV&#8217;s Next Big Thing festival to expand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Details have been announced about next year’s HMV Next Big Thing festival, which will take place from 2-12 Feb at nine venues around the UK, including various London haunts and HMV venues in Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh. 200 bands are set to play, with various nights curated by different labels and music media also thrown [...]]]></description>
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