Chair of Edinburgh Fringe steps down
Sir Timothy O’Shea had served the maximum term
12/02/2020 … Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea is to step down as chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society’s board in August.
Wed 12 February 2020
Emily Atack pilots a TV stand-up show
...despite never having done it before last year!
12/02/2020 … Emily Atack is piloting a new stand-up and sketch comedy show for TV.
© Pamela Stevenson/Twitter Clean eating?
Billy Connolly puts his groceries through the car wash
12/02/2020 … Billy Connolly had something of a senior moment – when he drove his pick-up truck through the car wash, forgetting that he still had his groceries in the back.
Putting the International into the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Overseas line-up bills announced
12/02/2020 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has confirmed the line-ups of its regular line-up shows.
Athena Kugblenu lands BBC's Felix Dexter Bursary
Six-month placement to boost her comedy writing career
12/02/2020 … Stand-up Athena Kugblenu has been awarded this year’s Felix Dexter Bursary by the BBC.
THIS is John Oliver's new promotional poster
‘If there’s hope for him, there’s hope for all of us.
12/02/2020 … If you’re going to have your face plastered on billboards across the US, you might want to look your best.
Tue 11 February 2020
© Channel 4 Second series for Year Of The Rabbit
Matt Berry will be back on Channel 4
11/02/2020 … Channel 4 has confirmed the second series of Matt Berry’s Victorian police comedy Year of the Rabbit.
Shappi Khorsandi set to play the queen's mother
...drag queen Glamrou, that is
11/02/2020 … Shappi Khorsandi is being lined up to play the mother of drag queen Glamrou in a semi-autobiographical TV comedy, Chortle can reveal.