Rob Delaney announces London dates
Two-week run for Catastrophe star
21/04/2017 … Catastrophe co-creator Rob Delaney is bringing his stand-up show Meat back to London.
Fri 21 April 2017
© Aminatk/CC BY-SA 4.0 Who will cure my lisp?
21/04/2017 … Quotes of the week ‘All people are sad clowns.
Ross Noble to appear in Young Frankenstein
Playing Igor in new musical version
21/04/2017 … Ross Noble is to appear in the new musical stage version of the Mel Brooks comedy Young Frankenstein.
Stand-up novel nominated for Booker Prize
A Horse Walks Into A Bar describes comic's breakdown
21/04/2017 … A novel based on a single fictional stand-up set has been nominated for this year's Man Booker International Prize.
Did Brendan O'Carroll really 'nearly kill' Mrs Thatcher?
That's wha the Mrs Brown creator tells Graham Norton
21/04/2017 … Mrs Brown creator Brendan O’Carroll says he once accidentally served with Margaret Thatcher with strawberries – covered in salt.
Mark Thomas releases script collection
Annotated transcripts of his last three shows
21/04/2017 … Mark Thomas is releasing the scripts from his last three acclaimed one-man stage show in a new book.
Ben Elton to give the first Ronnie Barker Talk
New comedy lectures on BBC One
21/04/2017 … Ben Elton is to give the first Ronnie Barker Talk – a new annual lecture on a comedy-related theme to be broadcast on BBC One.
Nikki Britton is Romanticide
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
21/04/2017 … ‘It’s going to be a lot of energy in a small space for an hour,’ Nikki Britton promises.