BBC Radio 3 & BBC Sounds tells the story of pioneering 20th century artist, poet, champion boxer and nephew of Oscar Wilde, Arthur Cravan. The documentary, entitled The Escape Artist, is presented by Ross Sutherland.
Cravan's anarchic art heralded Dada , surrealism, punk rock and awkward comedy. The series touches upon ideas around male masculinity, mental health & more.
A Lancashire theatre company is to stage the life story of George Formby, one of the county’s most famous comedy sons in a new play this month.
Chorley Theatre originally opened as a cinema in 1910 and showed the early films by George Formby on their first release back in the 1930s. Now 90 years on the theatre company that run the venue is bringing George to life on stage in a brand-new production
Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards are among the stars of a new RSC production of Shakespeare's The Comedy Of Errors.
The production, to be directed by Phillip Breen, will run in Stratford-upon-Avon from Saturday 25 April – Saturday 3 October 2020.
Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee for Best Show in 2017 and 2018, Ahir Shah is set to record his HBO Max stand-up comedy special Dots at the Southbank Centre on Tuesday 31st March. The show will be captured over two performances at 7pm and 9.30pm.
Comedians Giving Lectures, hosted by Sara Pascoe, is returning to Dave for two brand new series. The UKTV Original series, produced by 12 Yard Productions, was one of the top performing commissions on Dave in 2019 attracting an audience of over half a million.
Sara Pascoe said: "I love hosting the show, mainly to see my peers trying to be clever and failing hilariously."
Ahead of the launch of series two tonight, UKTV has confirmed it will bring back stars Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster for a third series of their bonkers theoretical comedy show Hypothetical.
Dave's edgy driving show World's Most Dangerous Roads is coming back to screens for a brand new series. Produced by Renegade Pictures for Dave, the show returns with a vengeance as each episode brings together a pair of comedians to send them out on an extraordinary road trip.
Union JACK Radio has announced its full line-up of Leicester Comedy Festival coverage. The festival sponsor will be broadcasting events to make them available for people who can't get to the gigs.
Kayla Meikle and Katherine Parkinson have been cast in the world premiere of Shoe Lady written by E.V. Crowe and directed by Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone. With set design by Chloe Lamford, lighting design by Natasha Chivers, composition by Matthew Herbert, sound design by Tony Gayle and movement direction by Sasha Milavic Davies.
Filming has begun on the second series of hit BBC One comedy Ghosts.
Made by Monumental Television, the hugely successful sitcom features a young couple, Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe), who unexpectedly inherit a grand country estate only to find it is both falling apart and overrun with ghosts.
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