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© BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron Comedian's character flirts with Jack Branning in the Queen Vic
15/07/2026 … Comedian Amy Matthews is joining EastEnders The stand-up plays a character called Rita, who will be seen chatting with Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) in The Queen…
Union wins payment for some acts
15/07/2026 … Performers’ union Equity says it is helping comedians hit by the financial difficulties engulfing the Leicester Comedy Festival.
For Scottish comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe
15/07/2026 … The judging panel has now been announced for the new McTavish Award for Scottish or Scottish-based comedians at the Fringe.
Shocking findings of report into misogyny in the industry
15/07/2026 … Half of people working in comedy have experienced sexual assault, research has shown.
Comic takes Oliver! role for six weeks in the West End
15/07/2026 … Matt Lucas is to play Fagin in the West End revival of Oliver! this autumn.
© BBC/Fudge Park Productions Series three to be the last, Aimee Lou Wood says
15/07/2026 … The third series of Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey’s comedy Daddy Issues is to be the last.
Series three will be the last, creators say
15/07/2026 … The next series of Colin From Accounts will be the last, creators Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall have announced.
£1,500 prize to 'celebrate their sacrifice'
14/07/2026 … A new Edinburgh Fringe award will give a £1,5000 can prize to an act for whom going to the festival is a ‘massive financial risk’.
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