War on Want's Comedy Gig is back for a third successive year with an irresistible line-up of stand-up comics at the Shepherd's Bush Empire. Headlining the anti-poverty charity event is the pedantic and whimsical Irish comic Ed Byrne alongside "the master of deadpan stand-up" (The Times) Stewart Lee, two of comedy's leading lights. Both have recently starred in critically acclaimed shows of late, with The Sunday Telegraph claiming long-haired Irishman Byrne "is at the top of his game" while The Guardian labelling Lee's hilarious act as "comedy with a brain and a heart". The imperious pair are joined by the cerebral, surreal and imaginatively inventive Dan Antopolski, whose celebrated hedgehog gag (so simple yet so funny) won an award for the best joke at last year's Edinburgh festival. Also featuring at this laugh bonanza are the risqué Ian Stone and topical Jewish deadpan gag compere Ivor Dembina. With such a stellar line up, this promises to be the best War on Want Comedy Gig yet.
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War on Want's Comedy Gig is back for a third successive year with an irresistible line-up of stand-up comics at the 
