The Stand takes over Assembly Rooms
Fringe coup for Edinburgh comedy club
29/06/2011 … The Stand comedy club is to move into Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms next year, ousting the operation that has run Fringe shows there for 30 years.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 29 June 2011
He's at it again...
Joke thief Jordan Paris exposed again
29/06/2011 … The comedian who stole Lee Mack’s material has been plunged into a new row over joke theft – despite claiming to have cleaned up his act.
Tue 28 June 2011
Dylan Moran and Rita Rudner join Latitude
28/06/2011 … Dylan Moran and Rita Rudner are to appear at the Latitude festival next month.
Stewart Lee blasts Twitter imposter
...and online critics can f*** off, too
28/06/2011 … Stewart Lee has blasted an imposter who set up a fake Twitter account in his name.
Graham Chapman reanimated
28/06/2011 … Graham Chapman’s memoirs are to be made into an animated film – with most of the remaining Pythons providing voices.
Mon 27 June 2011
'Jerry Seinfeld ruined my life'
Divorce after Marriage Ref appearance
27/06/2011 … A New Yorker has blamed Jerry Seinfeld for his divorce – after an appearance on the comedian’s reality show The Marriage Ref caused a rift between him and his…
Better late than never...
Russell Howard show is a hit – on catch-up
27/06/2011 … Russell Howard’s Good News has been named as one of the biggest successes of the BBC’s on-demand iPlayer.
Sun 26 June 2011
Plagiarism row comic threatens to sue
Sid Bowfin hits back at Jim Tavare claims
26/06/2011 … The comedian accused of stealing Jim Tavare’s stage persona says he might sue over the claims.