All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
To help support community work
20/02/2020 … Comedians including Jo Brand, Arthur Smith, Hal Cruttenden, and Milton Jones have helped raise more than £20,000 to support the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Right-wing journalist says he 'just about got away with it' on his comedy debut
20/02/2020 … He’s got a track record of getting involved in things without much experience – and now Toby Young has turned his hand to stand-up.
20/02/2020 … Rhys Thomas has written a Dickens-inspired children’s comedy for the BBC.
20/02/2020 … Armando Iannucci is to make a new comedy film comedy set in the world of amateur sumo wrestling.
© BBC 20/02/2020 … Man Like Mobeen and comedian Cariad Lloyd have been nominated for awards to honour those who make a social impact in the arts.
Irreplaceable memorabilia taken from Navy Lark tribute show
19/02/2020 … ‘Irreplaceable’ memorabilia from classic radio comedy The Navy Lark was stolen from a theatre staging a tribute show last night.
New book addresses notions of beauty and her own feelings of unattractiveness
19/02/2020 … Angela Barnes is writing her first book, exploring her feelings of unattractiveness.
19/02/2020 … A stand-up comedian risked bringing the Covid-19 coronavirus into the US because he didn’t want to cancel a gig.
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