lyric09
09/05/2012 … RUSSELL BRAND has announced a surprise gig at the Lyric Hammersmith on Sunday – which sold out within an hour.
Wed 09 May 2012
Leave my Cock alone!
Richard Herring joins protest at Fringe censorship
09/05/2012 … Richard Herring has joined the protests about arbitrary Fringe censorship, after learning that his show Talking Cock was to be modified in the official programme.
edintv09
09/05/2012 … CHARLIE BROOKER, Ruth Jones and Modern Family co-creator Steve Levitan are to speak at August's Edinburgh International Television Festival, sponsor MediaGuardian…
Derek goes to full series
09/05/2012 … Channel 4 has commissioned a full series of Ricky Gevais's contentious care-home comedy Derek.
kerrang09
09/05/2012 … ROCK magazine Kerrang! has added a best comedian category to its annual awards, with Greg Davies, Russell Howard, Tim Minchin, Noel Fielding and Bill Bailey nominated.
Brighton Fringe: Ria Lina: It's Not Easy Being Yellow
09/05/2012 … Ria Lina’s debut hour is a loose mixture of passable stand-up and jaunty ukulele songs, but without a strong raison d’etre beyond apparently the need to fill…
Tue 08 May 2012
© Ed Moore Return of the Mach
Marissa Burgess visits the Welsh festival
08/05/2012 … Machynlleth is a sleepy, albeit somewhat hippyish Welsh market town nestling between hills, right next to the Centre for Alternative Technology.