Mean Girls to come to London
...as a new movie based on the musical is also announced
27/01/2020 … The stage musical version of Mean Girls is being turned back into a movie – as well as heading to London’s West End.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 27 January 2020
BBC says Gavin & Stacey is its biggest show 'since records began'
(if you take a particular definition of that term)
27/01/2020 … The BBC says the Gavin & Stacey Christmas special has attracted the biggest audience for any of its TV programmes outside of sporting and national…
Good Life stage revivial confirmed
27/01/2020 … The stage version of The Good Life, starring the IT Crowd’s Katherine Parkinson as Barbara, has been confirmed.
Complaints over battery acid joke finally discharged
Ofcom won't take any action against Jo Brand
27/01/2020 … Broadcasting regulator Ofcom as drawn a line under the controversy over Jo Brand’s battery acid joke, finally ruling that it will take no further action.
Johnny Carroll dies at 78
The 'Brummie Stud' who fell from fame and fortune
27/01/2020 … Brummie comedian Johnny Carroll, a star of The Comedians who later fell on hard times, has died at the age of 78.
New tour for Alan Carr
27/01/2020 … Alan Carr has announced his first tour in four years.
Dave Chappelle wins another Grammy
Hat trick for his Netflix specials
27/01/2020 … Dave Chappelle has won this year’s Grammy award for best comedy album for his stand-up show Sticks & Stones, taking the accolade for the third year…
© Eduardo Unda-Sanzana/CC BY SA 2.0 Terry Jones left his brain to science
To help research into demential
27/01/2020 … Terry Jones donated his brain to science, it has been revealed.