Catherine Cohen tapes a Netflix special
Edinburgh hit The Twist...? She's Gorgeous streaming soon
16/02/2022 … Catherine Cohen’s award-winning live show The Twist.
Wed 16 February 2022
© Netflix British comedians return to Australia
International acts back on Melbourne festival line-up
16/02/2022 … British comedians are to return to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the first time in three years after Australia relaxed its Covid rules.
© South Park Studios Two new South Park movies every year
On streaming service Paramount+, coming to the UK
16/02/2022 … South Park are to make two new movies a year under a new deal with Paramount+.
Sláinte! Aisling Bea is the face of Jameson Irish Whiskey
16/02/2022 … Aisling Bea has become the face of Jameson Irish Whiskey.
© BBC Top stars join BBC comedy The Witchfinder
Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper headline
16/02/2022 … A raft of top names has been added to the forthcoming BBC period comedy The Witchfinder, starring Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper.
Comedians up for LGBT awards 2022
Joe Lycett, Alan Carr and Mawaan Rizwan all nominated
16/02/2022 … Joe Lycett, Alan Carr and Mawaan Rizwan are among the nominees for this year’s British LGBT Awards.
© Cato Institute/CC BY-SA 3.0 American satirist PJ O’Rourke dies at 74
Tributes to 'the funniest writer of the last 40 years'
16/02/2022 … American satirist PJ O’Rourke has died at the age of 74.
Tue 15 February 2022
© Forever Edinburgh (edinburgh.org)/CC BY-SA 2.0 What does the Fringe need? More regulation!
Ending 'open access' will help cure Edinburgh's problems, says report
15/02/2022 … The Edinburgh Fringe should rethink its ‘open access’ policy and introduce more regulation, a new report has urged.