Play to win
Tickets for comedy tour up for grabs
17/09/2001 … The first Play UK Comedy tour kicks off this Wednesday, fielding a strong line-up of some of the best comics on the circuit.
Mon 17 September 2001
Best of the Fest
17/09/2001 … Ed Byrne, Trev and Simon (pictured), Daniel Kitson, Sean Lock and Parsons and Naylor have all been confirmed for the Manchester Comedy Festival later this month.
Mel and Sue tour axed
17/09/2001 … Mel and Sue's tour scheduled for November has been cancelled because Mel Giedroyc is having a baby.
'I'll never tour again'
17/09/2001 … Victoria Wood has vowed never to tour again.
Sat 15 September 2001
Rev Obadiah Steppenwolf III – Original Review
15/09/2001 … The loud-mouthed bible-bashing alter-ego of former teacher Jim Muir simply demands attention with his in-your-face evangelical preaching.
Thu 13 September 2001
Good Fortune?
Comic stumbled into diplomatic dispute
13/09/2001 … John Fortune has told how he was kissed by former Greek premier Andreas Papandreou after posing as a British civil servant.
Wed 12 September 2001
Out of this world
12/09/2001 … Dawn French is to star as a tourist information officer who falls in love with an alien in a new romantic comedy.
Savage beating
Lily creator punches drunk lout
12/09/2001 … Lily Savage creator Paul O'Grady punched a drunken party-goer who was pestering Coronation Street actress Tracy Shaw, it has been reported.