Amnesty International UK and Deborah Frances-White of hit podcast The Guilty Feminist are launching a new Secret Policeman’s Tour and have announced three shows happening across the UK.
More than forty years since Amnesty’s first ever Secret Policeman’s event, the newly-revamped 2019 Secret Policeman’s Tour will see a host of comedians, musicians, actors, activists and inspiring speakers come together for three electrifying nights of comedy, music and discussion, all in support of human rights.
The inaugural Big Funny Fest takes place on Father’s Day Weekend, the 15 & 16 June, and they are marking the event with a Dad jokes competition.
Back to Life is not the first comedy about someone trying to get their act together after coming out of prison. I can just about remember Going Straight, the spin-off of Porridge in which Ronnie Barker's old lag tried to make it in the outside world. Back to Life is very different.
Steve Pemberton (Inside No. 9, League of Gentlemen, Psychoville) is to join the cast of Sky's costume drama Britannia. In the upcoming second series he plays Emperor Claudius, who has arrived on an elephant to soak up the conqueror’s glory - while battling Tourette’s and a rough bout of piles.
The nominations have been announced for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Awards 2019. The nominations for the most outstanding show are Anne Edmonds, Cassie Workman, Geraldine Hickey, James Acaster, Nath Valvo and Tom Allen.
The nominees for the Best Newcomer Award 2019 are Blake Freeman, Dan Rath, Nina Oyama and Oliver Coleman.
National radio station Union JACK has commissioned three original comedy shows.
Launching on Monday 6 May 2019 at 09.00 is Union JACK’s Pundays, hosted by Colin Leggo (pictured), winner of one of Leicester Comedy Festival’s sell-out events, the 2019 UK Pun Championship. This day-long, weekly feature will see Union JACK ditch Mondays and replace them with Pundays, when listeners will be invited to flood the station with puns, based around a specific British topic, via the Union JACK app.
Comedian Nick Revell has been voted the favourite act of the Laugharne Weekend, the multicultural festival which took place in South Wales last week.
The final of the eleventh WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards has taken place at the Bloomsbury Theatre.
Eleven finalists competed for the prestigious title in a sold-out show compered by Nick Horseman.
And the winning act is Katie Pritchard, who wowed the judges with her comic historical songs.
Second place went to goofy duo Stepdads with their inventive guide to being a stepfather.
Third place went to skiful pop parodists Maris Piper, who also bagged the Audience Favourite award.
Comedian Ian Cognito has died.
Beyond The Joke has heard that he became ill onstage in Bicester on Thursday night where he was performing at the Lone Wolf Comedy Club. Paramedics were called but he was pronounced dead. Reports say he had been taking medication for a heart condition.
Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy, has announced that BBC Comedy and BBC Three is furthering its commitment to breaking new comedy talent with seven Threesome commissions per year, increasing opportunities for breakthrough comedy writers and performers.
The latest Threesomes to be announced are:
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