Comedian, actor and former English teacher Greg Davies is to present a BBC four documentary entitled Kes: A Boy's Life. It will air on BBC Four on 19 November at 9pm.
Davies is a lifelong fan of Barry Hines' classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave, the story of Billy Casper training a kestrel as an escape from his troubled home and school life, which was famously made into the film Kes by Ken Loach.
There's a theory that the best stand-up comedy has to be relatable in some way. The centrepiece of John Robins' latest show Hot Shame is a story of how he dug a stress-based hole for himself when he had a spot of damp at home. The yarn involves researching reviews of humidifiers, hiring specialist plasterers and crumpling into a ball on the floor. Don't worry if you've not gone through this specific brand of trauma yourself though. It's absolutely gut-bustingly hilarious to hear Robins go through it on your behalf.
A lot of comedians talk about quitting stand-up. And a lot of comedians probably feel like quitting stand-up during the Edinburgh Fringe. But Stewart Francis announced that this would be his final run long before the Festival and after a UK tour in the autumn he is apparently giving up comedy pursue an acting career.
Once again MasterChef judges, John Torode and Gregg Wallace preside over the cooking contenders to whittle down the
It’s normally a very bad idea to try and make the art of acting the central topic of a Fringe show. But Garry Starr is the exception that proves the rule.
Starr is a character in love with the smell of the greasepaint, the glow of the floodlights and the roar of the crowd.
In his previous show Starr undertook to demonstrate every kind of theatrical style.
Glenn Moore picked up an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination last year for Glenn Glenn Glenn, How Do You Like It, How Do You Like It. The title also meant I had an Andrea True Connection-shaped earworm in my head for most of August 2018. Now with Love Don't Live Here Glenny Moore he might pick up an award nod again. and I've got a Rose Royce-shaped earworm in my head this time round.
The UK trailer and poster for Chris Morris’s The Day Shall Come has been released. The film opens in cinemas nationwide on Friday 11 October.
Based on 100 true stories, the new film from Chris Morris (Four Lions, Brass Eye) is a comic thriller that exposes the dark farce at the heart of the homeland security project: It is harder to catch a real terrorist than it is to manufacture your own.
Chris Morris – Director’s Statement
Everything is a Something Fleabag these days. The lazy journalists who call Roisin Conaty's GameFace a Working Class Fleabag will probably call this an Irish Fleabag as it features two Irish sisters laughing and crying and trying to get through the modern world. That would be totally wrong. The only thing This Way Up, starring Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan, has in common with Fleabag – apart from exceptional female stars – is that it is also an utterly unique piece of television.
American comedian Sam Morrison's speciality is finding hilarity in the awkward adventures of being a closeted gay man…who wants to have sex with your dad. Time Out NY called him 'endlessly charming'. His debut Edinburgh show Hello Daddy! is based on a lifetime of journal entries, knitting together stories of gaiety and heartbreak as he evolves from shy boy into the uncensored 24-year-old man he is today. "Hello Daddy! puts the "coming" into "coming of age" .
Trying to beat the bookmakers can lead you into some very dark places. Debts can build up, friendships can break up. And as comedian Lloyd Griffith discovers in this compelling documentary – serious, not a comedy – it might even tempt you into betting against your own beloved football team.
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