Alun Cochrane joins Coronation Street
As a ‘fairly ordinary, friendly' bloke
13/04/2016 … Alun Cochrane is to appear in an episode of Coronation Street.
Wed 13 April 2016
Brett Goldstein cast in HBO sitcom
13/04/2016 … Brett Goldstein has been cast in a US comedy pilot.
Luka Muller: Be Like Water
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
13/04/2016 … He’s a lovely young man, is Luka Muller.
An open letter to Karen Koren of the Gilded Balloon
From fellow/rival Edinburgh promoter Bob Slayer
13/04/2016 … An open letter to Karen Koren, artistic director of Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon,When I first read the news that the Gilded Balloon were taking over a Free Festival…
Reuben Kaye: Plugged
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
13/04/2016 … Reuben Kaye is everything a cabaret act should be: camp, catty and conceited – a flamboyant package of sparkles and spite.
Dilruk Jayasinha: Sri Wanka
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
13/04/2016 … How charming is Dilruk Jayasinha if he can tell tales of shitting himself in public, of the faecal horrors that lurk in music festival Portaloos, and of being drunk…
Tue 12 April 2016
Jim Gaffigan and Miranda Sings to play UK
12/04/2016 … American comedians Jim Gaffigan and Miranda Sings are to play the UK later this year.
Tom Ballard: The World Keeps Happening
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Twenty-six-year-old Tom Ballard despairs for the current state of political apathy, epitomised by the feeble, lazy ‘clicktivism’ engagement of his entitled generation.