Ronny Chieng joins the Daily Show
02/09/2015 … AUSTRALIAN comic Ronny Chieng, who has just completed a run at the Edinburgh Fringe, is to join the Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
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Wed 02 September 2015
Tue 01 September 2015
Kevin Hart announces UK dates
01/09/2015 … KEVIN HART has announced three UK dates – three years after becoming the second American comic to sell out London's O2 Arena.
Bloomsbury Theatre shuts unexpectedly
01/09/2015 … One of London’s main comedy theatres has been forced to close unexpectedly because of asbestos.
Mon 31 August 2015
Spencer Jones is the comics' favourite... twice
And Michael Legge named 'best person'
31/08/2015 … Spencer Jones has won the awards for best Edinburgh Fringe show AND best performer – as voted for by fellow comedians.
Fringe ticket sales up 5.24 per cent
Another record year in Edinburgh
31/08/2015 … Edinburgh Fringe ticket sales are up by more than five per cent on last year, it has been announced.
Sun 30 August 2015
Al Murray to become an MP
...in a sitcom inspired by Pub Landlord's real campaign
30/08/2015 … Al Murray could star in a sitcom in which his Pub Landlord creation becomes an MP.
© BBC/Balloon Entertainment/Colin Hutton Sat 29 August 2015
Eddie Murphy and Oprah Winfrey join Richard Pryor biopic
Greenlight expected imminently
29/08/2015 … Eddie Murphy and Oprah Winfrey have joined the cast of the long-awaited Richard Pryor biopic.