Geoff Rowe quits the Leicester Comedy Festival
Director stands down 30 years after founding the event
28/04/2022 … Geoff Rowe is to step down from the Leicester Comedy Festival, which he founded in 1994.
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Five more stand-ups join the Aberdeen comedy festival
Craig Hill, Colin Hoult, Stephen Bailey, Alun Cochrane and Darren Connell
27/04/2022 … Five more comedy acts have joined the line-up for the 2022 Aberdeen International Comedy Festival.
Second series for Lee Mack's The 1% Club
ITV orders eight more episode as quiz show proves a hit
27/04/2022 … ITV has commissioned a second series of Lee Mack’s game show The 1% Club.
© BBC Anna Maxwell Martin to host Have I Got News For You
...as Chris McCausland returns as a guest
27/04/2022 … Anna Maxwell Martin is to host an episode of Have I Got News For You.
Radio 4 announces a new open-door sketch show
Athena Kugblenu and Ali Official to host DMs Are Open
27/04/2022 … Radio 4 is to launch a new comedy sketch show which anybody can write for.
Charlie Baker to play Tony Blair again
...in Harry Hill's rock opera about the former Prime Minister
27/04/2022 … Charlie Baker is to revive his role as Tony Blair in Harry Hill’s rock opera about the former Prime Minister.
Comics to discuss ‘what can you laugh about?'
At the Leeds International Festival of Ideas
27/04/2022 … Comics Geoff Norcott, Rosie Jones and Jamali Maddix are to discuss ‘what can you laugh about?’ at this year’s Leeds International Festival…
© Matt Crockett Amazon sets a release date for Iain Stirling’s comedy special
Failing Upwards was delayed by almost two years by Covid
27/04/2022 … Iain Stirling’s first Amazon Original stand-up special is to be released on Prime Video on May 27, it has been announced Failing Upwards was taped in London’s…