Patrick Kielty takes over The Late Late Show
Comedian to host an Irish TV institution
20/05/2023 … Patrick Kielty is to take over as host of long-running Irish talk show The Late Late Show from September.
Sat 20 May 2023
Pete Teckman named Not So New Comedian Of The Year
Annual contest for more seasoned circuit acts
20/05/2023 … Pete Teckman has won this year’s Not So New Comedian Of The Year competition.
Fri 19 May 2023
Offsetting
The first sketch from a new climate-change comedy collective
19/05/2023 … Naomi Petersen and Stuart Laws star in this new comedy sketch mocking the practice of carbon offsetting.
What makes Danny Zucko a good accountant?
19/05/2023 … Tweets of the week There’s an old tale that Keith Urban and John Legend once formed a duo.
Staged series 3 coming to BBC One
New episodes were previously only available to BritBox subscribers
19/05/2023 … The third series of David Tennant and Michael Sheen’s hit show Staged is to air on BBC One.
© Matt Crockett Mark Watson's first memoirs to be published
Mortification is 'a professional confessional for comedy'
19/05/2023 … Mark Watson is to publish his first memoirs, following their previous release as an audiobook.
99 Club opens entries for its 2023 female & non-binary bursary
For comedians heading to the Edinburgh Fringe
19/05/2023 … Applications have opened for the bursary for female & non-binary comedians handed out by London’s 99 Club.
Life Of Brian stage show 'coming next year'
But the crucifixion scene has reportedly been cut
19/05/2023 … John Cleese has said his Life Of Brian stage show will be hitting London theatres next year.