All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Netflix ...but insists it was nothing to do with her tweets
13/10/2021 … Netflix has reinstated an employee who criticised Dave Chappelle’s latest special for transphobia.
Comic 'poised to become the most visible working trans comedian in America’
13/10/2021 … American actress and comedian Patti Harrison is to make her UK stand-up debut next month She appears in Shrill alongside Aidy Bryant and Lolly Adefope…
Big new show with interviews and guest stand-ups
13/10/2021 … John Bishop is to front a major new Saturday-night ITV show, featuring stand-ups from around the world.
© Koury Angelo Montreal festival announces its first show of 2022
12/10/2021 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival has unveiled its first live gig for 2022: Bill Burr.
The Bright Side is based on Anne Gildea's story
12/10/2021 … A movie based on Irish comedian Anne Gildea’s experiences with breast cancer is to be screened free online this week.
Milly Alcock also returns for a new mission in Queenland
12/10/2021 … Tim Minchin is to make a second series of his comedy drama Upright, broadcaster Sky has announced.
Channel 4's successor to the British Comedy Awards
11/10/2021 … The longlists have been announced for the National Comedy Awards, Channel 4’s new accolades to honour comedians and programmes across the industry.
Woman calls out venue for discriminating against disabled people
11/10/2021 … A woman has revealed how she denied entry to a comedy club – because she uses a walking stick.
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