© Suzy Hazelwood/Pexels Seven in ten workers furloughed
06/07/2020 … The full impact of the lockdown on the live arts and entertainment scene has been revealed in new research.
06/07/2020 … Funny Women have revealed the longlists for their comedy writing and comedy shorts awards.
06/07/2020 … Any rock mockumentary must exist in the long shadow of This Is Spinal Tap.
Clip from Tournament Of Laughs
06/07/2020 … Piff the Magic Dragon has mad the Eiffel Tower vanish in tribute to one of David Copperfield's best-known tricks.
© Richard Goldschmidt/CC BY-SA 3.0 Comedians eligible for £1,000 emergency grants
06/07/2020 … Netflix has donated £500,000 to give emergency help to comedians, actors and offstage workers left without an income during lockdown.
© Andrew Hurley/CC BY-SA 2.0 Tony Hadley distances himself from the Kemps' Spandau Ballet mockumentary
06/07/2020 … Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley has distanced himself from the BBC mockumentary about his former bandmates.
06/07/2020 … Jack Dee is writing a new book in which he ‘solves’ his fans’ problems.
...but questions remain over who will benefit
06/07/2020 … The government has announced a £1.
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