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© SK/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 Adelaide Advertiser used to publish hundreds of reviews. Not this year.
21/02/2023 … It is the world’s biggest Fringe festival after Edinburgh – but residents of Adelaide in South Australia would barely know it was taking place if…
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21/02/2023 … Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan is to star in a new Channel 4 comedy-drama about female friendships – written by a real-life pal.
Gruesome new horror flick set in the world of stand-up
20/02/2023 … Stand-up might have a reputation for attracting society’s outsiders… but what about a psychopathic cannibal? That’s the premise of a new, low-budget…
Comic became known as John Munch on Homicide and Law And Order
19/02/2023 … Richard Belzer, the comedian who became known as hardbitten cop John Munch on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law and Order SVU has died at the…
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
19/02/2023 … It’s not the strongest selection of new comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week, but here goes… Sunday February 19 WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS…
19/02/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 4,778 events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC The Government's Prevent programme seems to think so
18/02/2023 … Watching Yes Minister or The Thick Of It could be a sign of far-Right extremism, according to the Gorvenment’s anti-terror programme.
© Mark Senior 17/02/2023 … Spitting Image Live: Idiots Assemble opened at the Rep Theatre in Birmingham last night.
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