Daniel Kitson is to play a one-off gig with musician Gavin Osborn at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre on July 5. This will not be his latest show Polyphony, which he will be performing in... more
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ITV has commissioned STV Productions, with Group M Entertainment, to make a new ITV2 comedy panel show called Safeword. The series of seven 45-minute episodes will air in July 2015 with... more
Stand-up comedian Joe Bor’s jokes have been used – with his permission – in a new series of greetings cards by Hallmark. Among the gags being used is the one illustrated here, “My wife told me sex is... more
Brian Pern, who has presented two series about rock music on BBC television, is to play a rare live show. An Evening With Brian Pern will take place at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on... more
Today's meeting regarding the Cowgatehead issue is off. This has just been posted on Facebook by Freestival:"Today's meeting with PBH, the licensee and representatives of the Fringe office will now... more
A movie version of Johnny Vegas's best-selling autobiography Being Johnny Vegas is being developed.The film, which Vegas is hoping to direct himself, will chart the comedian's early life when he... more
Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival has confirmed that 2015's festival in February was the most successful since the festival was launched back in 1994. Over 100,000 people attended over 612... more
On Wednesday I emailed Peter Buckley Hill with some questions about the booking of the Cowgatehead venue at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer. On Thursday I received a reply and I asked if I could... more
Sean Kelly, the ever-smiling star of cult TV shows Storage Hunters and Storage Hunters UK returns to the stand-up comedy side of his career and has announced a UK tour starting in Bradford on... more
Mancunian comedian Justin Moorhouse has announced live dates for his latest stand-up show Destiny Calling. The tour runs from 8th September – 11th December, starting in... more
