Equity firm swoops on famed Chicago comedy outfit
18/02/2021 … It is the famed Chicago improv outfit that helped forge the careers of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Steve Carell, Joan Rivers and Tina Fey over its 60-year history.
Planning permission for intimate studio space
18/02/2021 … Sunderland is to get a new dedicated comedy venue.
Montreal's festival-within-a-festival goes virtual
17/02/2021 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival will stream all its industry sessions online this year.
© BBC Big success for online play reading service
16/02/2021 … More than 26,000 students logged on to the read through of Macbeth featuring Joe Lycett’s Shakespearean debut.
© Aardman Animations CITV commissions animated comedy Lloyd Of The Flies
15/02/2021 … Wallace And Gromit studio Aardman Animations is making a new animated comedy for CITV, all about a housefly.
As two new characters are introduced
15/02/2021 … Matt Lucas is to present a new Channel 4 documentary looking back at 50 years of the Mr Men books.
Sue Perkins and Mawaan Rizwan also guest on C4 show
11/02/2021 … Johnny Vegas, Sue Perkins and Mawaan Rizwan are among the celebrities taking part in the next series of Grayson’s Art Club.
Charity event with master compiler John Halpern
10/02/2021 … Dave Gorman and fellow crossword compiler John Halpern are to crowdsource their next word puzzle.
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