© Steve Ullathorne Pioneering comic hits his crowdfunding target
09/12/2016 … The memoirs of alternative comedy forerunner John Dowie are to be published after the former comedian hit his crowdfunding target.
© Toby Hancock/Rex Rowan Atkinson heads star-studded benefit
09/12/2016 … Rowan Atkinson is to make a rare live appearance at a star-studded comedy benefit show next year.
09/12/2016 … Jo Brand is to front a one-off show called Kitten Rescuers for Channel 5.
Script work under way on A Tiny Bit Marvellous
09/12/2016 … Dawn French’s debut novel is being made into a drama series for ITV.
Supreme Court rules on comedy venues vs TV show
09/12/2016 … The legal battle between the Glee comedy club and the TV series of the same name is to go through another round.
Anglo-Greek Katerina Vrana makes finals of Funniest Person in The World
08/12/2016 … Anglo-Greek comedian Katerina Vrana has made it to the finals of a competition to find the funniest person in the world.
Gig review by Steve Bennett at Leicester Square Theatre, London
08/12/2016 … Have the Weirdos gone legit? Last year the alternative comedy collective staged their panto in promoter Bob Slayer’s half-derelict, health-and-safety-defying…
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