The Edinburgh Fringe’s Assembly venues have put their first batch of tickets on sale.Highlights include:A run of Talking To Strangers, a live spin-off of the recent R4 series featuring Sally Phillips... more
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Daniel Kitson is to perform a new show later this year.Mouse – The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought will have its world premiere at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool on May 17 and run until May 28.... more
Steve Coogan has spoken about his desire to do a new another TV chat show as Alan Partridge, though this time with real guests.His previous TV chat show Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge... more
BBC Two is making a new comedy following the progress of four medical pioneers in Victorian England.Quacks will star Mathew Baynton (The Wrong Mans; Horrible Histories) as a... more
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... more
Magician Paul Daniels has died aged 77. He had been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumourHis son Gary tweeted "It is with incredible sadness that I can confirm that Dad, Paul Daniels, passed away... more
The stars of Comedy Central’s Impractical Jokers, acclaimed comedy troupe The Tenderloins will be coming back to the UK with a new show, Santiago Sent Us! But you will... more
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.... more
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.... more
Jack Dee is to step down as host of BBC2's 'The Apprentice: You’re Fired’. Dee took over the helm in 2015 as host of The Apprentice's BBC2 spin-off series but due to work commitments at... more
