Multi award winning David Benson is to lead an all-star cast in a new audio recording of the Frankie Howerd comedy classic, ‘Up Pompeii’.
Revisiting the world of Frankie Howerd from his accclaimed one-man stage show, ‘To Be Frank’, David Benson will don the toga to play one of Frankie’s greatest comedy roles - Lurcio the ancient Roman slave.
A man who raped and killed Australian comedian Eurydice Dixon has been sentenced to life in prison in a court in Victoria.
Jaymes Todd, 20, pleaded guilty to the violent attack on comedian Dixon in a Melbourne park. Dixon had been on her way home after performing at a nearby comedy gig.
The judge described Todd's crimes as "totally and categorically evil" and went on to say "You waited until Eurydice was well into the dark reaches of Princes Park."
London’s free-thinking comedy club Comedy Unleashed is taking the same comedians with the same stand-up routines to both Labour and Conservative Party conferences this September. Will Remainers and Leavers laugh at the same jokes about Brexit? Will feminists laugh about jokes on the #MeToo movement? Will Tories laugh about Boris? And can Labour laugh about Corbyn? Are some jokes unacceptable?
I think it's fair to say that Janine Harouni had a pretty good Edinburgh Fringe debut this August. The London-based New Yorker won the BBC Radio 4 Comedy Award, the Amused Moose Comedy Award and was shortlisted for Best Newcomer in the Dave Edinburgh Comedy Awards. I had an inkling Harouni's tales of growing up with a Trump-supporting dad and having a near-fatal car crash would do well when I interviewed her for the Evening Standard in June.
Up The Creek’s legendary One to Watch Competition is to return to find the next generation of comedy stars.
Some of the biggest acts from this year's Edinburgh Fringe, including winner of the Dave Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show Jordan Brookes, will be performing at the Objectively Funny Festival, which runs from September 18 - 29 at the Albany in London, W1.
James Acaster has revealed he accidentally bought shares in a company thinking it was Netflix. They were instead for the similarly titled NextUp - a London based start-up that streams stand-up comedy specials. The confusion came about whilst James attempted to browse the web whilst snacking - a valuable lesson for all.
NextUp have had their biggest year yet at The Edinburgh Festival this summer. The team filmed multiple specials per day totalling 14 new specials to hit the platform this autumn.
Mo Gilligan is to release a stand-up special on Netflix. ‘Momentum’ will be globally released on Netflix in 190 countries on Monday 30th September.
The show was shot at the historic Hackney Empire and features a full live band. The special was directed by Chris Howe with David Geli, Pollyanna McGirr and Mo Gilligan serving as Executive Producers. Co produced by Momo G, Mo’s own company and Lucky 17, the sister production company to multi award winning talent agency UTC Artist Management (UTC).
This year's Fringe was easily the toughest of the six I've performed at.
If I'm totally honest I went up slightly underprepared, my show was a bit of a mishmash with new bits cobbled together with some older bits from other shows.
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