Katherine Ryan has extended the tour of her latest show, Glam Role Model, into 2015 due to popular demand.
In Katherine Ryan’s homeland of Canada, it isn’t unheard of for women to expose their breasts in public. To her amusement, however, here in the UK this questionable pastime actually has a title: ‘glamour modelling’.
Update 4/9/14: News is coming in that 81-year-old comedian Joan Rivers has died in New York. She had been hospitalised last week. She was reportedly having her vocal chords checked when she suffered respiratory problems and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. Her daughter Melissa said she died peacefully surrounded by family and friends.
The Frog and Bucket Comedy Club in Manchester has announced the ten finalists for the Beat the Frog World Series final on Monday 3rd November.
They are:
Madeleine Brettingham – Writer from London. This year’s So You Think You’re Funny? winner. “Turned to stand up after Michael McIntyre came to her in a dream and told her to (true story).”
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly is touring with his latest show, Another Round.
Last year Carl did a show about how much he’s enjoying life.
Leicester Comedy Festival is the largest and longest-running comedy festival in Europe, proudly and inclusively showcasing comedy in all its forms. This year’s theme, The Art of Comedy, rightfully celebrates humour as a true art form, standing alongside theatre, poetry, and dance in its power to inspire, challenge, and connect audiences.
Graham Norton has been announced as the newest Ambassador of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The role will see Graham act as Ambassador for the festival, alongside previously announced Ambassadors Suzy Eddie Izzard and Brian Cox and honorary President of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World, Dune: Prophecy) will bring to life extracts from letters, interviews and Victoria Wood’s own personal archive in specially filmed scenes combining readings with dramatisation in the upcoming feature length documentary Becoming Victoria Wood. Alongside Jessica's readings are testimony and reflection from school and university friends plus famous faces including Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders, Maxine Peake,
Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Laura Linney (Ozark, Love Actually, John Adams) and BAFTA award-winning Rhys Ifans (Inheritance, Venom: The Last Dance, House of the Dragon) will star in the title roles of the BBC’s But When We Dance, a touching story about two people with lots in common - a great sense of humour, a love of dance, and Parkinson’s.
Fresh from another run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, stand up comedian Hal Cruttenden (Live at the Apollo, The Royal Variety Performance) has been wowing audiences around the country on the first leg of his UK tour this Autumn. Now, due to phenomenal demand, the huge UK tour of Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can’t Take It has been extended until June 2026, with new dates added from Glasgow to Exmouth.
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