Richard Herring has launched a new Kickstarter campaign to help to pay for the filming of the eighth series of Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcasts.There will be up to 20 episodes in... more
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Actor Stephen Lewis, best known for his role as garage inspector Cyril "Blakey" Blake in the ITV sitcom On the Buses, has died aged 88.He reprised Blakey in the sitcom Don't Drink The Water in which... more
British indie movie SuperBob is to get a theatrical and video-on-demand release.The film is directed by Jon Drever and stars Brett Goldstein (Derek, Hoff the Record, Uncle, Drifters and... more
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is to get its first full West End run. In the cult impro show audience suggestions are transformed instantly into all-singing, all-dancing shows with... more
Andrew Lawrence has criticised the left wing dominance of the current comedy scene in a piece published in today's Times.The piece is behind the Times paywall online, but in it Lawrence revisits... more
Comedians Cariad Lloyd and Jenny Bede have made a pop video spoof to fight the 5% VAT on tampons.Bad Blood is a send-up of Taylor Swift with the lyrics changed to criticise Chancellor George Osborne... more
Writer David Nobbs, the creator of Reggie Perrin, has died, aged 80. While Nobbs was best known for his novel featuring disgruntled salary man Perrin and the subsequent BBC sitcom starring... more
Here is the full text of the welcome speech Nica Burns, who runs the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards, made today at a lunch attended by industry folk and journalists at Ghillie Dhu in the city... more
Award-winning podcast No Such Thing As A Fish is coming to the West End for a special live performance this autumn.The spin-off of BBC2’s QI is presented by the “QI Elves” and is packed full of... more
Comedy fans can now vote to choose three more finalists for the Magners New Comedy Act 2015.George Rigden from Bristol, Lolly Adefope from London and Ingrid Dahle from Brighton have already been... more
