nAfter a successful run as part of the 7th Annual soloNOVA Arts Festival, the premier festival for solo performers in New York City, W. Kamau Bell’s critically acclaimed solo show, The W. Kamau Bel... [Read More]

With a show entitled “Stripped”, one might expect Eddie Izzard’s current show – which he’s toured with for exactly 2 years – to cover some sexy topics. But what Izzard unleashed on the April 30 crowd at Massey Hall (his first of four shows) was the history of the world, covering “everything that’s ever happened, along with a few gaps because it’ll be a long show.” [Read More]

Believe makes the mistake of trying to match its subject’s zaniness when it would be better off emulating the smart, serious, ambitious man underneath the flashy exterior. [Read More]

Eddie Izzard is to write a book about his 1,110-mile run around Britain, in a publishing deal worth ‘a very significant' six-figure sum. The book - due out in September - promises to examine his motivations for running 43 consecutive marathons, as well as describing his reactions to the places he visited en route. [Read More]

A documentary movie about Eddie Izzard's rise to fame, made by an ex-girlfriend, is to have its first public screening in London this weekend. Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story has been directed and written by Sarah Townsend, who dated Izzard for three years from 1999. The film uses home videos and archive footage to chart Izzard's early influences and career progression, touching on subjects such as losing his mother to cancer at a young age, trying his luck as a street entertainer at the Edinbur... [Read More]

Eddie Izzard says he plans to stand for Parliament, or as a European legislator, at some point in the next 10 to 15 years. He has previously campaigned for Brown's governing Labour party. [Read More]

Standup comedian Eddie Izzard completed a 1,100 mile (1,770 kilometer) run across Britain on Tuesday, staggering across the finish line at London's rain-soaked Trafalgar Square. The cross-dressing comic, better known for running through his routines in drag than running marathons, said he managed the feat of endurance with only five weeks' training. [Read More]

Last week, Eddie Izzard was interviewed in the London Apple store by Simon Amstell, for later release on iTunes. Here are some of the highlights as Izzard speaks about his career, his transvestitism and his activism. [Read More]

What does it take to get Eddie Izzard to give you your very own private 90 minute stand-up set? In the case of one unfortunate tourist, breaking three vertebrae, both arms and shattering his pelvis while trying to escape terrorists during November's Mumbai attacks. [Read More]