© Rachel Sherlock Blessed by fests
Events announced in London, Blackpool, Shrewsbury and more
30/04/2025 … A number of UK towns and cities have announced comedy festivals n the run-up to the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Wed 30 April 2025
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© Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo Bradley Cooper’s new film is based on John Bishop's life
All about the night he first tried stand-up while recoiling from a divorce
30/04/2025 … Bradley Cooper’s new film is based on the life of John Bishop, one of its stars has revealed.
Comic Strip Presents… comes to the Edinburgh Fringe
Peter Richardson holds retrospective shows
30/04/2025 … Peter Richardson is reviving his Comic Strip Presents… brand for a series of gigs at the Edinburgh Fringe.
© BBC Fatiha El-Ghorri heads new series of BBC comedy pilots
Others feature the likes of Elaine C. Smith and Ladhood’s Karan Gill
30/04/2025 … The BBC are to release a new series of comedy pilots featuring the likes of Fatiha El-Ghorri, Elaine C.
Simon Bird to direct a wartime comedy
About a couple hiding a Jewish salesman from the Nazis
30/04/2025 … Simon Bird is to direct a comedy film about a couple who offer refuge to a Jewish perfume salesman during the Second World War.
Tue 29 April 2025
New agent for Samira Banks
29/04/2025 … Samira Banks has signed up to the Blue Book comedy agency.
© Sky Daisy May Cooper joins Asterix series
29/04/2025 … Daisy May Cooper is in the cast of the new Astérix & Obélix animated series, it has been announced.
First look at the Soho Theatre Walthamstow
Major London comedy venue opening this week
29/04/2025 … Here are the first images from inside the new Soho Theatre Walthamstow, which opens on Friday with a run of Natalie Palamides’ show Weer.