March 2016
A competition to find the funniest Irish comedian is to be launched.
Alan Anderson, the Scottish promoter who is reposonsible for the English and Scottish Comedian of the Year compeitions has announced the news to coincide with St Patrick's Day.
"Andrew Stanley and I got drunk in Perth W.A. and came up with this great idea that we convinced Galway Comedy Supremo Kevin Healy to be part of."
Magician Paul Daniels has died aged 77. He had been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour
His son Gary tweeted "It is with incredible sadness that I can confirm that Dad, Paul Daniels, passed away over night."
The most interesting point Stewart Lee makes in the third episode of his current series, subtitled ‘Patriotism’, comes at the start when he talks about the biggest problem the modern satirist faces. The news is in such flux, says Lee, it is hard to get a handle on it for comedy. And if Lee is having that problem, spare a thought for lesser mortals out there trying to monetize their social commentary.
Dave Cohen has written funny lines for shows as diverse as Have I Got News For You and Not Going Out. But before that he was a successful stand-up comedian. And before that he was a rock critic. He is about to return to the live circuit with a show that also refers back to his earlier career. Music Was My First Love is a stand-up show with a difference – it consists of one long poem. And appropriately he is premiering it at the Poetry Cafe in London.
Influential improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? is to return to London’s West End for 14 performances only. It will run at the London Palladium from 9-19 June 2016.
The 2016 Funny Women Awards has been launched, with new categories and a new venue for the final.
Since 2003 Funny Women has seen over 2500 contestants go through hundreds of heats. Previous winners and finalists include Bridget Christie, Zoe Lyons, Sara Pascoe and Katherine Ryan. This year the awards will visit Dublin, Edinburgh, Manchester, London and Brighton in the search for new queens of comedy.
Tim Vine and Darryl Fitton have won the Let's Play Darts For Sport Relief 2016 trophy.
In a tense match at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Vine and Fitton beat Scotty Mitchell and Mike Tindall, going one better than last year when they were beaten finalists, losing to Lee Mack and Martin 'Wolfie' Adams.
It is so hard to write about this excellent comedy thriller without giving something away. Needless to say the final episode in which the loose ends have to be tied up - probably around one of the cast’s necks – is the toughest to discuss. One slip and the game may be given away.
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