Making an ass of Richard Blackwood
Comic to play Donkey in Shrek musical
30/07/2010 … Richard Blackwood is to play the Donkey in Shrek The Musical when it opens in the West End next year.
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Fri 30 July 2010
Thu 29 July 2010
Russell Brand, swordsman
29/07/2010 … Russell Brand already has something of a reputation as a ‘legendary swordsman’ – and now he might have found a film role to live up to that.
Coogan joins Idiot Brother
29/07/2010 … Steve Coogan has landed another Hollywood role, in an indie comedy called My Idiot Brother.
ITV4 to televise stand-up hunt
29/07/2010 … FHM magazine’s competition for new stand-ups is to be made into a full six-part ITV4 series.
© BBC Ruth Jones leads Sky's comedy line-up
Alongside Fry, French, Tate and Jinsy
29/07/2010 … Sky 1 has announced a new batch of comedy shows, featuring Stephen Fry, Dawn French, Catherine Tate and Gavin And Stacey’s Ruth Jones.
Wed 28 July 2010
Standing up for the demons...
Richard Herring lands Radio 4 show
28/07/2010 … Richard Herring is to front a new Radio 4 series, inspired in part by his live show Hitler’s Moustache.
Well good news
28/07/2010 … Lee Nelson's Well Good Show has been given a second series by BBC Three.
They said I was ripping off Ricky Gervais...
Why Stewart Lee got back into stand-up
28/07/2010 … Stewart Lee says he was compelled to return to stand-up after being accused of ripping off Ricky Gervais.