When Aaron Simmonds decided to do the Edinburgh Fringe this year, he had no clue what he was going to get up and say. But he knew one thing for sure: he was going to do it standing up. For those of you furrowing a brow right now, we should add that Simmonds has cerebral palsy. Since he…

Upon entering, Rachel Creeger hands out question cards. This is your chance to ask absolutely anything. Once filled in, drop it in the big chicken soup pot at the front of the stage and await the wisdom of the Ultimate Jewish…

Character comic and original prankster Simon Brodkin is probably best known for playing cheeky chappy Lee Nelson, handing Theresa May her P45 and for dumping golf balls adorned with swastikas in front of Donald Trump to highlight his racist views. But he's also an exceptional…

Thirty years ago I saw Ivor Dembina walk onto a stage in north London and announce to an unsuspecting crowd: “Right, let’s have the Hatikvah” (a 19th-century Jewish poem and Israel's national anthem). It was an early sign of the path he was looking to tread. One of my favourite…