Performing arts and entertainment trade union Equity is supporting a number of comedians impacted by the financial difficulties of Leicester Comedy Festival’s parent company.
The union has successfully secured payment for some comedians who had been left unpaid for shows performed during the festival held this February and is encouraging any other impacted members to contact Equity for support.
Stand-up Jonathan Rudge makes his full run Edinburgh debut this August with ‘Stay At Home Son’, directed by Bobby Mair.
Taskmaster Champion, Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee and Harper Collins debut of 2027 Sophie Duker announces a brand new tour with her new show, ‘Hot Beef Injection’. The tour announcement follows a run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and precedes her upcoming book release, DONG.
Filipino star James Roque stops off in the UK for his worldwide comedy tour of his new show Mano Po.
From the creative mind of Spike Milligan, and immortalised by The Two Ronnies, the award-winning theatre company Hambledon Productions is proud to present the first ever tour of a brand new stage adaptation of ‘The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town.’
Something is rotten in Old London Town…
Ahead of the highly anticipated launch of series two later this year, Ludwig - the BBC’s biggest scripted series since 2024 - has been commissioned for a third run on BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The series is a Big Talk Studios (part of ITV Studios) production in association with That Mitchell And Webb Company and is a ZDF co-production for Germany.
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced the 2026 judging panel will be chaired by Liz Lewin (pictured), Director of Comedy Series, Netflix UK. This is the first time the entertainment service has been represented on the panel.
I wasn't sure if I was in the mood for a tragicomedy about a continent slipping inexorably into war but I was quickly pulled in by Archduke, writer Rajiv Joseph's satirical imagining of what went on in the run-up to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, the event that triggered WW1.
Stanley Morgan, Abraham Popoola and Chris Walley (from BBC's Young Offenders), play three no-hopers who are roped in to do the killing by mad-eyed S
Cast members of classic sitcom Phoenix Nights are set to reunite for a run at the Edinburgh Fringe, entitled How Far Away Are They?
UKTV and BBC Entertainment have unveiled a joint co-commissioning brief, inviting production companies to pitch bold new comedy entertainment formats. The resulting 10 x 30’ series will premiere on U&Dave and UKTV’s free streaming service U, before airing on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
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