Leopardess
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Vault Festival, London
31/01/2020 … Set at a funeral, this new show from sketch comedy team Leopardess shows off the acting chops of performers Rosie Frecker and Rosie Abraham but is let down by an…
Fri 31 January 2020
Off-the-wall comedians
Bill Murray pub gets a new mural
31/01/2020 … London’s Bill Murray stand-up venue has had a makeover – with new portraits of comedy icons spray-painted on to its walls.
Andi Osho writes her first book
31/01/2020 … Andi Osho has written her first novel, which will be published next year.
Thu 30 January 2020
This Country goes Stateside
American remake for BBC Three comedy confirmed
30/01/2020 … This Country's US remake has been confirmed, with the Fox Network ordering a pilot.
Six European comedy festivals to be announced
30/01/2020 … Leading stand-up promoters Live Nation are to announce a series of six comedy festivals across Europe tomorrow – the very day Britain leaves the EU.
© Mark Seliger Jerry Seinfeld writes his first comedy book in 25 years
Stand-up routines to be published this year
30/01/2020 … Jerry Seinfeld is writing his first book of comedy in more than 25 years.
Jamali Maddix: Strip Club Einstein
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Vaults Festival, London
30/01/2020 … Strip Club Einstein is a good title for Jamali Maddix, a comic who is at once a wastrel and an intelligent and astute social philosopher.
BBC TV's tribute to Nicholas Parsons
Repeating an interview with chef Brian Turner
30/01/2020 … The BBC is to pay tribute to Nicholas Parsons by repeating a 2015 interview with the star.