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Mon 16 February 2009

Thu 12 February 2009

Who'll make it to Heaven?
Festival fundraiser line-up revealed
12/02/2009 … The line-up has been announced for the Leicester Comedy Festival’s charity gala Comedy Heaven.
Wed 11 February 2009

In The Loop review
11/02/2009 … Anticipation surrounding Armando Iannucci’s film directing debut has been high, as befits arguably the most influential man in British comedy over the last two…
Tue 10 February 2009

Mystery solved...
Arthur Smith was festival's secret guest
10/02/2009 … Arthur Smith gave the first public reading of his forthcoming autobiography, My Name Is Daphne Fairfax, at the Leicester Comedy Festival yesterday.
Mon 09 February 2009

Free Herring!
09/02/2009 … Richard Herring is about to embark on a 39-date tour of his acclaimed show The Headmaster’s Son – and we have ten pairs of tickets to be won.
Fri 06 February 2009

This snow's a drag...
Shows cancelled by bad weather
06/02/2009 … Cross-dressing cabaret act Drags Aloud have pulled their entire Leicester Comedy Festival run, citing the bad weather.

They'll be rolling in the aisles
Milton Jones to perform in cathedral
06/02/2009 … Milton Jones will become the first comedian to perform stand-up at Leicester Cathedral next week.
Sun 01 February 2009

Win the show that launched the stars...
01/02/2009 … A largely forgotten sketch show that helped launch the careers of Ben Elton, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie is released on DVD today – and we have five copies to…