The latest edition of Have I Got News For You was pulled from the schedules by the BBC before broadcast on Friday night.
The episode had been filmed by the makers, Hat Trick Productions, on Thursday evening, with jo Brand hosting, but then a decision was taken that the programme could not go out in the run-up to the European Elections because one of the panellists was Change UK acting leader MP Heidi Allen.
Doctor-turned-comedian-turned-million-selling-author Adam Kay has announced a third West End run for This Is Going To Hurt (Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor) LIVE. The new dates are at the Vaudeville Theatre, London from 1 – 6 July and 8 – 13 July. These are in addition to upcoming dates at the Garrick Theatre.
Voting is now open for the Scottish Comedy Awards 2019.
The Scottish comedy Award panel met earlier this week and had some very heated discussions over the various shortlists, proving that Scottish Comedy is currently in a very healthy state, both in terms of quality of acts, venues and productions, as well as the sheer number of performers, live comedy shows, TV & radio shows and of course purpose built live comedy venues – which with the opening of Glee in Glasgow means Scotland now has 6 major comedy clubs.
Danny Baker has made a further apology following the storm over his royal family tweet this week.
He has posted the following tweets to draw a line under the story.
"Good morning, everyone. Following one of the worst days of my life I just want to formally apologise for the outrage I caused and explain how I got myself into this mess. I chose the wrong photo to illustrate a joke. Disastrously so.
There is something of a trend for one-man shows straddling comedy and drama in their performance, sending up their star with a self-important persona, and taking us through their 'journey' as the audience is let in on the joke that the performer is too self-involved to get. And Tom Neenan's show It's Always Infinity is a good reason for this enjoyable habit to continue.
Bridget Christie will be the next curator of BBC Radio 4’s The Museum of Curiosity, joining John Lloyd as co-host for the new series.
Although not billed as such in the Brighton Fringe brochure, Cally Beaton's show Invisible is a work in progress here. It's a bit of a surprise, and one that is fortunately expressly explained at the top of the show. Beaton is a skilled storyteller and establishes a jovial and candid connection with her audience from the start, extracting laughs nicely as she begins by introducing herself as a 50-year-old single parent single lady.
Red Imp Comedy Club has teamed up with Soho private members club The Union for a new West End monthly comedy club.
Comedians Mary Bourke, Ian Stone and Susan Murray will launch the opening night of the Union Sessions: Red Imp Comedy Club on Thursday 23rd May 2019. Tickets are available to non-members for £15 + booking fees
Following recent tragic events in Sri Lanka, the cream of comedy talent will be joining forces in London next week at Indigo2 on Sunday, May 12, to support the victims and their families.
Hosted by Romesh Ranganathan and Nihal Arthanayake, Indigo at The O2 will see Harry Hill, Jo Brand, Rob Beckett, Katherine Ryan and Kerry Godliman take to the stage to do what they do best – make people laugh – to support the relief effort.
The winners have been announced at the 99 Club Female & Non-Binary Comedians’ Bursary Showcase 2019.
The winners are Janine Harouni and Helen Bauer. They both receive a bursary of £500 each to go towards the costs of taking their debut show to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer.
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