Matt Lucas to play Fagin
Comic takes Oliver! role for six weeks in the West End
15/07/2026 … Matt Lucas is to play Fagin in the West End revival of Oliver! this autumn.
2026 Other news
Wed 15 July 2026
Tue 14 July 2026
New Edinburgh Fringe award for working-class acts
£1,500 prize to 'celebrate their sacrifice'
14/07/2026 … A new Edinburgh Fringe award will give a £1,5000 can prize to an act for whom going to the festival is a ‘massive financial risk’.
Mon 13 July 2026
Peter Kay adds hometown gigs – for Boltonians only
Raising money for the town's hospice
13/07/2026 … Peter Kay is adding four more shows at The Albert Halls in Bolton, after all four of his original hometown dates were snapped up as soon as tickets went on sale.
Wed 08 July 2026
Help given to comics hit by Leicester Comedy Festival troubles
18 performers and one promoter aided by hardship fund
08/07/2026 … Eighteen comedians and one promoter have shared a £5,000 hardship fund for those hit by the financial chaos engulfing Leicester Comedy Festival.
Line-up announced for Just For Laughs Sydney
With Greg Davies, Bill Bailey, Rhys James and more
08/07/2026 … Greg Davies, Bill Bailey, Rhys James, Adam Kay and Dara Ó Briain are among the acts confirmed for the 14th Just For Laughs Sydney.
Tue 07 July 2026
Free Fringe announces a venue just for newbies
Short runs, away from the main drag
07/07/2026 … The PBH Free Fringe is running a venue just for performers making their Edinburgh debuts this year.
Mon 06 July 2026
© The Other Richard Dan Tiernan and Kiell Smith-Bynoe to judge BBC New Comedy Award
06/07/2026 … Dan Tiernan and Kiell Smith-Bynoe are to join the judging panel for this year's BBC New Comedy Awards Organisers say they will be working alongside host Amy…
Sat 04 July 2026
Details revealed for Kevin McCarron's funeral
Laughing Horse co-founder to be remembered
04/07/2026 … Details have been finalised for the funeral of Kevin McCarron, the co-founder of the Laughing Horse comedy clubs who died last Saturday at the age of 72.