Comedy icons Steve Martin and Martin Short are to bring their acclaimed tour “The Funniest Show in Town at the Moment” to the UK and Ireland for the first time in 2020. This celebrated show redefines the form in unexpected and profound ways, from two of comedy's funniest, most influential and much-loved talents.
Shazia Mirza is going out on tour with her new show Coconut!, reflecting on the art of survival in a world of crocodiles, coconuts, solitary confinement and alpha males.
The fourth act in this year's Funny Women Stage Award final, Charlie George, commented soon after coming onstage that "No-one is straight any more." She had clearly being watching from the wings or chatting to her fellow finalists as almost all of this year's Funny Women final line-up were either gay, bisexual, transsexual or pansexual.
After exhilarating audiences across the globe with record breaking, sell-out productions and a hit film, the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre’s production of Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s supernatural sensation Ghost Stories begins its first ever regional tour in early 2020 on completion of its West End run this autumn at The Ambassadors Theatre, London, which transferred following an extended run at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. More spine-tingling and terrifying than ever, the Olivier Award-nominated show
The tale of an unlikely friendship, a tour of the world and a heroic rescue will be voiced by star British acting talent, Sally Hawkins (Paddington, The Shape Of Water) as Snail, Rob Brydon (Gavin & Stacey, The Trip) as Whale, Cariad Lloyd (Peep Show, Murder in Successville) as Teacher and Dame Diana Rigg (Game Of Thrones, Victo
Set to broadcast in two one-hour films, this family treat is inspired by the classic books of Barbara Euphan Todd and is pegged to be the TV event of the season.
Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards winner Jordan Brookes and other acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe shows are to play a three night gala run in London’s West End.
I had a bit of deja vu watching the first episode of this new legal comedy. It is actually the episode that went out as a pilot last year but I'm not suprised a series was commissioned off the back of it. It's a refreshing take on the world of dusty wigs and funny outfits.
The Manchester Podcast Festival has announced the line-up for its second year, bringing together some of the UK’s most popular podcasts. The festival will begin with Help! I Sexted My Boss at The Dancehouse Theatre on 1st November 2019, and will see live dates across a host of venues in the city throughout the month, concluding on 27th November 2019.
Following Sweden’s version of Taskmaster, ‘Bäst i Test!’ (“Best in Test!”) winning Programme of the Year at the Kristallen 2019 (Sweden’s TV Academy Awards) more countries are creating local versions of Alex Horne’s comedy game show. Finland’s MTV and Discovery in Norway have picked up the rights from Avalon, adding to Taskmaster’s growing presence in the Nordic region with Denmark continuing production on its third series with TV2, and Sweden producing its fourth series of the award-winning show for SVT 1.
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