Seón Simpson’s on a Tangent, at Dublin Fringe, is a touching, hilarious monologue
Dublin Fringe Festival 2025: An audacious navigation of the intersection of form, comic provocation and mental health
Billy Connolly
In My Own Words review: Billy Connolly retains his twinkle in affecting and celebratory documentary
Television: Scottish comedian is both emotional and phlegmatic as he looks back on his life and career
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September 1st-6th: From Dermot Bannon’s cosy abodes to Billy Connolly’s look back at his life
A rambling comedian, a dark memoir of motherhood, and a novel about Leonard Cohen
Reviews in brief of Billy Connolly, Phyl Herbert and Jeffrey Lewis
Big Banana Feet: ‘Lost’ film of Billy Connolly’s 1973 tour of Ireland is a fine tribute to the fearless comedian
Thirty weapons were confiscated from the audience arriving for Connolly’s 1973 Belfast show, but you’d never know it from his joyful performance
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What happens if one of the candidates suffers misadventure between now and the US election?
Billy Connolly: Rambling Man – Memorable journeys that provide plenty of belly laughs
The warmth and humour of the comedian’s hyperactive brain more than make up for the book’s brevity
Billy Connolly: Old age is a weird and nasty surprise. I don’t know if we should tell people about it
In his most intimate interview yet, by his wife Pamela Stephenson Connolly, the comedian talks about living with Parkinson’s, the secret of ageing and the changing nature of comedy
The Frost Report writer Barry Cryer dies aged 86
‘Encyclopaedia of humour’ wrote for The Two Ronnies and Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly: ‘I’ve been scared my whole life’
The comedian recalls his early years in an exclusive extract from his new autobiography
Pat Egan: ‘I’m not at the coalface anymore... and I wouldn’t want to be’
The veteran music promoter has worked with Billy Connolly, Bob Marley and Lou Reed
Keith Duggan: Time for Plan C as Proposal B is just plain bonkers
Sideline Cut: Delegates will vote on worst collective idea since governmental tax on children’s shoes
Billy Connolly on Parkinson’s: The challenges of my disease are getting worse
Comedian makes light of condition as he collects Edinburgh lifetime achievement award
‘Finally,’ I thought, ‘an erotic drama that makes sense to me.’ It so doesn’t
Patrick Freyne: I live in hope that there’s a cameo from the real Billy Connolly
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