All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Channel 5 to air Thank You for the Laughs
12/10/2023 … Mike Yarwood’s daughters are to present a new documentary about his rise to fame and his sudden exit from public life.
Adaptation to premiere at Birmingham Rep next year
12/10/2023 … Withnail & I is being adapted as a stage show by its original writer and director Bruce Robinson.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated stand-up show show
12/10/2023 … Janine Harouni has announced a short 2024 tour of her Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated show Man’oushe.
Fake Tory MP hits the road with That’s Politainment!
12/10/2023 … Rosie Holt has announced her biggest tour – or ‘political roadshow’ – for 2024.
Kiwi comic had been in hospital for four weeks before her death
11/10/2023 … New Zealand comedian Cal Wilson died of a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her agents have said.
Comic plays a flawed guardian angel in his first feature film lead
10/10/2023 … A UK release date has been set for The Bystanders, the new comedy film starring Seann Walsh as a flawed guardian angel.
On an episode hosted by Jack Dee
10/10/2023 … Emmanuel Sonubi is to make his Have I Got News For You debut.
© ITVX War in Israel makes series insensitive
10/10/2023 … ITV has pulled its new comedy about captured soldiers following the Hamas terrorist action in the Gaza Strip.
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