Monty's doubles
1,000 audition for Python movie
17/05/2004 … A thousand hopefuls turned up for auditions in New York yesterday hoping to win parts in the promised movie about the life of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman.
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Mon 17 May 2004
'You sexist bunch'
17/05/2004 … Alexei Sayle has branded a generation of younger comics as cynical misogynists who set back the anti-sexist cause he pioneered.
Clips service
Byrne and Green to host Bravo shows
17/05/2004 … Ed Byrne and Jeff Green have been signed up to present clip shows on cable station Bravo.
Sat 15 May 2004
Comics go Cuckoo
15/05/2004 … Some of the top names from the stand-up circuit are to appear in a stage version of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
Izzard: The Movie
Eddie to release documentary - about himself
15/05/2004 … Eddie Izzard is making a documentary film about his own life.
Fri 14 May 2004
Kitson takes a Stand
Perrier-winner 'hides from audiences'
14/05/2004 … Former Perrier-winner Daniel Kitson is shunning the biggest Edinburgh venues this year, in favour of the intimate Stand comedy club.
Thu 13 May 2004
'Clue' scoops Sony
Top radio award for festive special
13/05/2004 … The team behind I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue have won radio’s top comedy accolade.
Festival in crisis
Funding dries up for London event
13/05/2004 … London’s Comedy Festival is on the verge of collapse after its funding all but dried up.