First up, total respect to the Gilded Balloon for putting on a real live So You Think You're Funny final in the final week of the strangest, quietest, most chilled out, Edinburgh Fringe I've ever attended.
And secondly, total respect to the ten finalists. Over 450 acts entered and this time heats had to take place via Zoom. So when it came to stepping onto the stage after MC Mark Watson's warm introductions they were doing it with minimal stage time under their belts.
Amazon Prime Video is launching UK Original comedy series Backstage with Katherine Ryan, which will be available exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories in 2022.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the launch of a new £7.5m fundraising campaign to help aid the long-term recovery of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
‘Save the Fringe’ will serve as a starting point for a wider Fringe revival, following the devastating impact of covid-19.
Channel 4 has announced the ensemble cast and guest cameos joining its upcoming comedy drama, Chivalry.
Audible, a leading producer and provider of spoken-word entertainment, launches new Audible Original Getting Better with a star-studded cast fronted by Kathryn Drysdale (Bridgerton, The Windsors) and acclaimed Welsh comedia
Comedy and Drama writer Tiwa Lade is this year’s recipient of the Felix Dexter Bursary scheme.
The six-month bursary, run by BBC’s Comedy Association is awarded to aspiring comedy writers, with the aim of making a positive intervention to address an under-representation of black, Asian and ethnic minority professionals in comedy production in broadcasting.
Internationally acclaimed and award-winning Scottish comedian, Daniel Sloss, has announced US theatre tour dates for his new show, Daniel Sloss: Hubris. The tour, produced by Live Nation, will kick off October 13th in Boston, visiting theatres in 28 cities across the country and finishing in New Orleans on November 21st. Tickets are on sale starting Friday, August 20th at 10am Local on DanielSloss.com/Tour.
Richard Osman's House of Games has been running repeats for ages and I've been showing off/cheating in front of friends watching it with me who thought it was new that I know all the answers. I'm now going to have to get my act together as it has returned for a new series.
The death has been announced of comedian Sean Lock.
He was 58 and has died of cancer. He was best known to TV viewers as one of the team captains on 8 Out Of 10 Cats and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
The Last Leg returns to its roots this August taking pride of place at the heart of Channel 4’s prime-time schedule throughout the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, bringing together 12 episodes of top-level sporting action and award-winning entertainment.
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