National digital radio station Union JACK has announced a collaboration with NextUp Comedy; widely billed as “the Netflix of UK stand-up comedy” as a result of its comedy-focused streaming service.... more
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Frank Skinner and Barbara Nice are among the talents who have been commissioned to write plays for the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.The 12 new commissions are titled The Park Bench Plays... more
Little, Brown Book Group has acquired world rights to The Secret Diary Of A British Muslim Aged 13¾ from comedian Tez Ilyas. The book will be published in hardbook, ebook and audio on 8 April... more
Musical comedian Boothby Graffoe is to host a series of live zoom shows over the next couple of months called Trading Songs.As the title suggests, in each show he will trade songs (and probably also... more
During lockdown both BBC and ITV announced that they were making stand up shows to give the country a laugh. ITV1 might have got their show on air faster, but Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club could learn a... more
The line-up has been confirmed for the third episode of the new ITV1 stand-up series, Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club.The show follows Britain's Got Talent on Saturday nights and the third episode goes... more
Alexandra Palace has announced the return of live, indoor public events with a season of music, comedy and entertainment from 15 October – 22 November. Featuring some of the most exciting acts in... more
Ahead of his debut album Apart Together, set for release via BMG on 20 November, Tim Minchin has revealed a fourth track ‘Airport Piano’. The track takes a more upbeat direction and follows Tim’... more
Jemima Kirke will join the cast of Netflix hit Sex Education to play former Moordale student and new headmistress ‘Hope’ who plans to turn Moordale back into the pillar of excellence it’s always... more
Radio 4 will pay tribute to the late broadcasting legend, Nicholas Parsons CBE, with an evening of programmes on what would have been his 97th birthday, Saturday 10 October. A new documentary... more
