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© Hindsight/Hat Trick Productions Rosie Jones, Jayde Adams, Jamie MacDonald, Sara Barron and Jo Coffey
09/11/2023 … Rosie Jones, Jayde Adams, Jamie MacDonald, Sara Barron and Jo Coffey are all taking part in the new series of Celebrity Mastermind.
Nessa becomes a nun when musical reopens in the West End
09/11/2023 … Ruth Jones is to star in Sister Act The Musical when it returns to the West End next year.
US comic, 75, has been performing up to 200 shows a year
09/11/2023 … American comedian Lewis Black is to retire from touring.
Covering Seinfeld and THAT racist outburst
08/11/2023 … Seinfeld actor Michael Richards is to reveal all about the racist tirade that torpedoed his career in 2006.
Punter arrested after disrupting Simon Brodkin stand-up show
08/11/2023 … A comedy fan has been fined for being drunk and disorderly after heckling Simon Brodkin’s stand-up show.
Stand-up for BBC Scotland, characters for Radio 4
08/11/2023 … Jim Smith is to host a new stand-up showcase for BBC Scotland – and a new character comedy show for Radio 4.
08/11/2023 … The Wells Comedy Festival will return for an eighth year in 2024, organisers have announced.
© Oliver Bowring of Musicarta Media Succession star back as the third most successful cheeseburger van operator in Dundee
08/11/2023 … Succession star Brian Cox is going from global media tycoon back to cheeseburger van owner as he reprises his role of comedy character Bob Servant for the last time.
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