Jolyon Rubinstein speaks to comedian Dane Baptiste about the issues society is confronted with in the wake of the horrific tragedies that have taken place and continue in the United States.
Prepare to be astounded. Knock2Bag and mr box presents The Moth House – a streamed comedy gig on Thursday 4th June featuring some of their favourite acts performing brand new material, ideas and sketches.
Ray Badran hosts one of the best line-ups you can virtually find. The gig is pre-recorded, but will be streamed as-live if you know what I mean.
The Lock Inn Pub Quiz will premiere its fifth episode on YouTube at 8.30pm on Monday 1st June.
Regular host Ivo Graham will be joined by Roisin Conaty, John Robins and Tim Key who will all compete with each other in this part game show/part pub quiz format.
Radio 4 is to broadcast a programme telling the story of viral sensation Michael Spicer, better known as the Room Next Door Man, the comic creation who tries to advise public figures what to say with varying degrees of success.
Michael Spicer: Before Next Door will air on Radio 4 on Thursday 18 June at 11pm and tells the story of what happens when a socially awkward and neurotic part-time comedian becomes a global internet sensation.
A new comedy festival has been announced, taking place this June. Upload Comedy Festival is a digital comedy festival featuring the UK’s most exciting comedians.
From Wednesday 17th June to Sunday 21st June, Upload will be presenting never before seen shows from acts including Edinburgh Comedy Award Winners Sofie Hagen and Jordan Brookes, as well as Fern Brady, Mat Ewins, Kemah Bob, and many more.
Steve Martin & Martin Short have announced the rescheduled London dates for their tour entitled ‘The Funniest Show In Town…At The Moment’ . The shows that were due to take place at The Royal Albert Hall on 14th & 15th March 2020 have been rescheduled and will now take place on 27th & 28th September 2021.
All tickets purchased for the original date remain valid. Customers are advised to retain their tickets and ticket confirmations at this time.
Its the showdown you’ve all been waiting for, commercial digital indie wunderkind’s finally take on terrestrial radio’s youngest DJs!
It’s Tom Grennan VS Forgetting its the news. It’s Angry texts from 55yr old men called Colin Vs more Tom Grennan. Is the sky truly a neighbourhood? Or is it where you can stream the live event of the lockdown?
For one night only it's The Elis James & John Robins & Matthew Crosby & Ed Gamble Show.
Comedians Rhod Gilbert and Sian Harries are launching a new podcast, entitled The Froth. In each episode the real-life couple will be brushing the relentless, depressing, serious news cycle under a thick shag pile carpet and focusing forensically on the frothy stuff; using stupid news stories from around the world, their own pointless lives and plenty of utterly pathetic listener stuff too.
The first thing that gig-less comedians did after lockdown was put live shows online. The second was launch a podcast. But television hasn’t been far behind, using the format of quickfire, viral-friendly sketches filmed at home and observing social distancing. The BBC launches their rapid response series Comedians: Home Alone on BBC Two on June 1 at 10.15pm, but they have been pipped at the post by E4’s Remote Comedy From the Paddock.
Major venues at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival have written to the Scottish Parliament warning that their future is at stake in the light of the pandemic crisis and the cancellation of the 2020 Fringe.
In the letter 'the big four' – Assembly, Underbelly, Gilded Balloon and Pleasance – have said that they are struggling due to a lack of any financial support. They told MSPs that most of them have been unable to access any financial aid during the Covid-19 crisis.
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