Sat 11 February 2017
Fri 10 February 2017
Angelos And Barry: The New Power Generation
10/02/2017 … They are both marginalised characters on the edge of society – either from bored self-destruction, or simply by being old and forgotten.
An Hour With Woody Allen(ish)
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Leicester Comedy Festival
10/02/2017 … ‘I shot a moose once…’ And so begins a classic of stand-up, just one of the exquisitely embellished stories which defined Woody Allen as a pioneer of…
Sean Kelly
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Leicester Comedy Festival
10/02/2017 … As the host of hit auction show Storage Hunters, Sean Kelly is known for his great salesmanship in pushing goods of wildly variable quality.
Channel 4 comedy chief to quit
Phil Clarke and his No 2 Nerys Evans stand down
10/02/2017 … Channel 4’s head of comedy Phil Clarke is to step down to set up a production company with Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.
© BBC/Matt Stronge 'Too posh for my liking'
10/02/2017 … • Russell Brand has left the agent whom he credited with creating turning his life around.
© David Shankbone / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Mike Myers to play the man who mentored him
New movie about improv svengali Del Close
10/02/2017 … Mike Myers is to play improv comedy legend Del Close in a new movie.