After more than 100 dates on the road in 2016 with his last show and a similarly epic effort with his previous tour, Mark Watson is amazed to find there are still some areas of the... more
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Birmingham comedian Lovdev Barpaga was crowned UK Pun Champion last night at the Leicester Comedy Festival. Here are some of Barpaga's top gags:I think my Colombian neighbour's a drug lord, but... more
Birmingham comedian Lovdev Barpaga has been crowned UK Pun Champion 2017, winning the final at the Leicester Comedy Festival.After the eight acts were narrowed down to the last two of Barpaga... more
Report by Claire Smith.Romesh Ranganathan was on the point of giving up comedy after the death of his father, he told an audience at Leicester Comedy Festival. The comic, recently named the... more
Two of his weekend’s major comedy gigs have been eventful and not just for the comedy taking place onstage.At Jack Whitehall’s First Direct Arena gig in Leeds on Friday night part of the stage set... more
Comedian Jim Jefferies has been involved in a huge argument with Piers Morgan on American TV.They were both guests on Real Time With Bill Maher when the subject of Trump and the Muslim ban... more
Channel 4 has appointed Fiona McDermott as Head of Comedy. She will lead the comedy commissioning team and oversee all scripted comedy, taking over from Phil Clarke who is stepping back from the role... more
Damned, Channel 4's comedy set in the world of social services starring Jo Brand and Alan Davies, is to return for a second six-part series later this year.Created by Brand and Morwenna... more
Sarah Millican, Jason Manford, Joe Lycett and Nish Kumar are among the top stand-ups doing gigs around the country over the next few months as part of the Stand Up 4 Refugees campaign organised... more
Sara Pascoe is to adapt Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice for the Nottingham Playhouse.The new production, part of Giles Croft's final season as artistic director, will... more
