The Hardees - the defunct Malcolm Hardee Awards - are being revived. Presenting three prizes (Comic Originality, Cunning Stunt and Act Most Likely to Make a Million Quid), the not-quite-annual,... more
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An autobiographical one woman theatre show has won two awards at the Greater Manchester Fringe Awards 2019. The F**k It Button scooped Best Comedy and Ali Kahn won Best Actor. Ali, who... more
Frankie Boyle is to tour Scotland for the first time in a decade. The show will offload his sense of mounting horror at the state of the world and will include some of the best bits from his recent... more
Brexiteer comedian and financial writer Dominic Frisby has been selected as the Brexit Party candidate for the parliamentary seat of Old Bexley and Sidcup. Currently at the... more
The Football Ramble, the critically acclaimed football podcast, has announced a brand-new format of daily shows. Starting today, Football Ramble Daily will include their current regular... more
Nica Burns, the long-standing director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, now sponsored by digital channel Dave, has made a speech launching the comedy on the Fringe and calling for more press support... more
The date and time has been revealed for the second series of Channel 4 estate agent comedy Stath Lets Flats.It will return on Monday, August 19th at 10pm, when star and writer Jamie Demetriou will... more
All-round entertainer Joe Longthorne has died. He was 64.Longthorne found fame as a mainstream singer and impressionist and appeared on numerous TV shows. In recent years he was also a major live... more
Following the success of series one, UKTV is bringing backFlack for its premium entertainment channel W. The series, described by Metro as a “major coup for W”, is co-commissioned... more
Rewind North, which was supposed to take place this weekend from August 2 - 4 has been cancelled due to the extreme weather. Comedians Russell Kane, Justin Moorhouse, Lost Voice Guy and Andre Vincent... more
