The Edinburgh Fringe is the real pay-to-play scandal
Which is why Bob Slayer is working on an alternative...
23/03/2012 … The Funny Women pay-to-play issue has reared its head again.
Fri 23 March 2012
‘How much per bollock?’
23/03/2012 … ‘I don’t get nervous, I just have creative apprehension,’ Barry Cryer.
Comedy clubs' lawsuit could force Glee off TV
23/03/2012 … The TV series Glee could be forced off the air if a court case brought by the comedy clubs of the same name is successful, a judge said yesterday.
BBC orders two more series from Stewart Lee
Comedy Vehicle is back... from 2014
23/03/2012 … The BBC has ordered two more series of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - but fans will have to wait two more years.
Greg Proops at Soho Theatre
23/03/2012 … He’s still best known as an improviser from the Nineties, but in his modern stand-up guise, Greg Proops is a jackhammer of sarcasm, driving away relentlessly…
Thu 22 March 2012
Funny Women faces new 'pay to play' row
£15 fee, despite sponsorship cash
22/03/2012 … Funny Women is continuing to charge would-be comedians £15 to perform – even though it has secured sponsorship for its annual competition.