Jongleurs to be sued over posters
Agents' fury at use of big-name acts
29/03/2010 … Comedy club chain Jongleurs has been forced to take down its advertising billboards over allegations it is misleading punters into thinking big names such as Jimmy…
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Mon 29 March 2010
Hicks unheard
29/03/2010 … A previously unheard interview with Bill Hicks, recorded just over year before his death, has been released online today.
Sun 28 March 2010
Popper joins South Park
'Dream come true' for Peep Show producer
28/03/2010 … Former Peep Show producer Robert Popper is to join the writing team on South Park.
Sat 27 March 2010
Christians fail to get the joke
Fundamentalists lobby against Python musical
27/03/2010 … Fundamentalist Christians are boasting that they forced a national radio station to drop a campaign promoting Eric Idle's ‘blasphemous' Monty Python oratorio…
Fri 26 March 2010
Comics with altitude
Record for highest stand-up show
26/03/2010 … A trio of comics including Ireland’s Des Bishop have broken the record for the world’s highest comedy performance.
Bette Midler went 'bonkers' at me...
26/03/2010 … A Chortle Award isn’t the only thing Tim Minchin won this week – he’s doing so well that even his likeness is scooping accolades.
Gervais to appear on Curb?
26/03/2010 … Ricky Gervais is set to make an appearance in the next series of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Fury over 'poached' venues
Promoters' fear Jongleurs is forcing them out
26/03/2010 … Furious comedy promoters fear Jongleurs has been trying to poach venues from them, in a move they say could seriously damage the stand-up circuit.