Stand-up comedy can be a dangerous business sometimes. Particularly when you try to be spontaneous. At a gig recently at Butlin's in Skegness Adam Bloom decided to go into the audience after an incident with a man who pulled his trousers down, but as he was walking off the stage he bumped his head on something hanging above him. Blood immediately started poruing from the wound, but luckily some helpful audience members saved the day - by throwing tampons at him.
The Bafta-nominated Live At The Apollo returns to BBC Two for a 15th series with six brand new episodes.
The roll call of stand-ups who have performed in front of the renowned Live At The Apollo lights plays out like a who’s who of comedic royalty, and this series is no different. Each episode will see a national (and sometimes international!) stand-up compering and performing, before introducing two of the best established and up and coming stand-ups to the stage.
Comedians having been paying tribute to legendary Irish chat show host Gay Byrne, who has died aged 85.
Dara O Briain wrote: "Very sad to hear of the death of Gay Byrne. Hard to explain how huge a presence he was in Ireland for 40+ years; a legendary, instinctual broadcaster; that rarest thing, a gifted listener; and an interviewer of huge emotional intelligence. An enormous life."
Evaldas Karosas has won this year's Beat The Frog World Series competition. The Lithuanian stand-up is the winner of the 16th annual competition final at the Frog and Bucket club in Manchester.
The runner up was accountant from Taiwan Kuan-wen Huang and the special panel prize voted for by the comedy industry folk in the room was won by absurdist Toussaint Douglass from Lewisham.
Multi-award-winning actor, writer, showrunner and creator of Fleabag Phoebe Waller-Bridge will appear at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in an exclusive in-conversation event to celebrate the publication of Fleabag: The Scriptures. She is joined in conversation by comedian, writer and podcaster Deborah Frances-White for the special event which takes place on Sunday 8 December 2019.
Award-winning comedian Trevor Noah has added more UK dates to his Loud & Clear tour! The show will now visit Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and Newcastle (as well as London), in early 2020.
The most successful comedian in Africa, and host of the Emmy® award-winning The Daily Show, Trevor Noah has sold out shows over five continents and has written, produced and starred in eight comedy specials.
A stellar cast will join writer, director and actor O-T Fagbenle (Black Widow, The Handmaid’s Tale, NW, Looking) in his brand-new E4 comedy series.
Maxxx centres around a formerly famous boyband star played by O-T Fagbenle who tries to make his music come back in a bid to win back his famous super model ex-girlfriend Jourdan Dunn and prove to the world that he isn’t a washed-up old has-been!
Sky has released the first image of its upcoming comedy Two Weeks to Live as production begins in Kent and London.
The six-part series which is being produced by Kudos, part of Endemol Shine UK, is due to air on Sky One and streaming service NOW TV in 2020.
Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield leads this year’s British Independent Film Awards nominations with 11 nominations.
Photographer Steve Best has taken pictures of some of the finest comedians of recent years. He has a new exhibiton in London downstairs at the Observatory Photography Gallery in Russell Square: https://theobservatory.org
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