Comedian Stephen Carlin has written on his blog about being axed from Peter Buckley Hill's Free Fringe on Monday August 24, towards the end of this year's Edinburgh Festival. Carlin fell foul of the... more
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Josh Widdicombe was forced to cancel the opening night of his 'What Do I Do Now...' tour last night after a powercut hit the Playhouse Theatre in Oxford. The comedian took to Twitter to... more
Website Variety has accidentally run a story that Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame had died. Gilliam, 74, is alive and well.The website realised its mistake and removed the article but not before... more
Nish Kumar, who picked up a Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination this year, was the best-reviewed comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe at the 2015 Festival.The British Comedy Guide looked at over... more
ITV comedy Benidorm and US sitcom Big Bang Theory were two of the winners at the TV Choice Awards last night.The Spain-set ITV comedy, which co-stars Johnny Vegas and Steve Pemberton, picked up Best... more
The six finalists have now been confirmed for the first Magners New Act of the Year Final. They are Llly Adefope (pictured), George Rigden and Ingrid Dahle, who qualifed via the final qualifying heat... more
Comedy channel Gold has announced it will exclusively premiere the latest Comic Strip extravaganza from the mastermind of Peter Richardson with ‘The Comic Strip Presents…The Red Top! (... more
Chris Ramsey has managed to find a new venue for the filming of his new DVD. He was due to film at London's Bloomsbury Theatre, but the Bloomsbury has had to close abruptly due to overrunning... more
The story about Welsh comedian Elis James’ pithy response to a request for an interview following Wales’ Euro 2016 qualifier victory against Cyprus has continued to spread around the world.James, XFM... more
Submissions are now open for the 2016 LOCO London Comedy Film Festival. The festival will be returning for its fifth year at BFI Southbank and selected cinemas next April. New British... more
