2024 Children In Need presenters unveiled
Including Chris Ramsey and Mel Giedroyc
15/10/2024 … Chris Ramsay, Mel Giedroyc and Lenny Rush are among the presenters of this year’s Children In Need telethon, it was announced today.
Tue 15 October 2024
Mon 14 October 2024
Barcelona Fringe announces its first line-up
14/10/2024 … Michelle Wolf is to play the first Barcelona Fringe comedy festival next month.
Thu 10 October 2024
Mo GIlligan's a jolly good fellow...
Comic gets honorary role at London’s Rose Bruford College
10/10/2024 … Mo GIlligan has been made an honorary fellow of London’s Rose Bruford College, which specialises in the performing arts.
Wed 09 October 2024
Sacha Baron Cohen to play a womanising chauvinist
In new Netflix comedy opposite Rosamund Pike
09/10/2024 … Sacha Baron Cohen is to star a new Netflix comedy movie as womanising chauvinist who finds himself in a parallel world dominated by women.
Mon 07 October 2024
Capital Xtra stages a charity comedy gig
Andrew Mensah hosts the fundraiser at the Hippodrome in London
07/10/2024 … Hip-hop and RnB radio station Capital Xtra is to host a charity comedy night at London’s Hippodrome.
© Ray Burmiston Ricky Gervais announces European dates
First gigs of Mortality outside the UK
07/10/2024 … Ricky Gervais has announced the first few European arena dates for his new stand-up show Mortality.
Fri 04 October 2024
Rising Asian comics selected for free workshop
New initiative from London's Brown Sauce
04/10/2024 … London’s South Asian comedy club Brown Sauce has announced the eight emerging comedians selected for its first Comedy Lab project The chosen acts will take…
King Tut's fresh cut
All the fun of the pharaoh as Steve Martin song is reissued on vinyl
04/10/2024 … Steve Martin's classic comedy song King Tut is to be reissued on vinyl.