Exhibition to celebrate the history of comedy in the North East
Curators appeal for more memorabilia
28/06/2024 … The rich history of comedy in North East England is to be celebrated in an exhibition this summer.
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Fri 28 June 2024
© Marc Brenner Armando Iannucci’s Pandemonium tour cancelled
...and it's all Rishi Sunak's fault
28/06/2024 … A planned tour of Armando Iannucci’s satire of the government’s Covid response has been axed because of the general election.
Thu 27 June 2024
© Ray Burmiston Ricky Gervais reveals the title of his next arena tour
27/06/2024 … Ricky Gervais has announced the title of his next world tour and Netflix special: Mortality.
New novel from TV comedy writer Lee Stuart Evans
Pleasantly Disturbed set in his native Nottinghamshire
27/06/2024 … TV comedy writer Lee Stuart Evans has penned a comedy novel about two aspiring musicians in his native Nottinghamshire.
Hugh Bonneville and Michael Socha to star in crime comedy
Go Away! revolves around a pot-growing deadbeat
27/06/2024 … Paddington's Hugh Bonneville and This Is England’s Michael Socha are to star in a dark crime comedy film called Go Away! According to…
'Lord' Christian Brighty to record a Radio 4 series
Bridgerton-style parody featuring his Regency-era fop
27/06/2024 … The aristocratic Regency-era alter-ego of comedian Christian Brighty is to star in his own Radio 4 comedy.
Wed 26 June 2024
Daniel Kitson announces London run of Collaborator
Inspired by his dislike of audience participation
26/06/2024 … Daniel Kitson has announced a London run of his latest show, Collaborator this summer.
© BBC Armando Iannucci on how the Americans ruined The Thick Of It
Watch their swear-free remake here
26/06/2024 … Armando Iannucci has spoken of how the Americas ruined The Thick Of It - exorcising all the swearing and making a ‘really boring’ version of his political…