Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast will be returning for a 10th series. The new series will once again see Frank dive into more of his favourite contemporary and classic works, reading extracts, analysing works, and dissecting the best verses of familiar and lesser-known poets in weekly segments. 
 
      
  
   
      
  
      
  
  
    Award-winning Blackstock Market has opened its final two performance spaces at its hugely popular Liverpool site. 
The theatres – Wally’s Room (pictured), which has capacity for 227, and the 147-seater The Barn - are the latest phase of the acclaimed £8million city entertainment destination to be completed.
 
      
  
   
      
  
      
  
  
    Comedian and presenter Joel Dommett is returning to his stand-up roots with a brand-new tour for 2025, Happy Idiot. The tour will see Joel head out across the UK from February 2025. Tickets will be available via presale on Thursday 7th November at 11am, with general on sale taking place on Friday 8th November at 11am.
Tickets will be available from https://www.joeldommett.com/
 
      
  
   
      
  
      
  
  
    BBC Radio 4 has announced a sweep of comedy commissions, including series from Matt Forde, Laura Smyth and Ria Lina, plus the return of fan favourites including Frank Skinner’s One Person Found This Helpful and Chris McCausland’s You Heard It Here First. 
 
The Final Word with Matt Forde (w/t), a new satirical comedy show, will see hit political comedian Matt Forde raid his contacts list and probe into some of the trickiest political subjects, interviewing polit
 
      
  
   
      
  
      
  
  
    Due to phenomenal demand, John Bishop has added five new dates to his 25 UK tour - celebrating 25 years of stand up - with extra performances at Plymouth Pavilions, Liverpool M&S Bank Arena and Birmingham Utilita Arena, plus two shows at Swansea Arena.
 
      
  
   
      
  
      
  
  
    There has been much muttering in the media recently about how a new generation is taking over running things. Move over millennials, Generation Z – the under 27s – are running the show now. So maybe there is something in the zeitgeist because this new dark zombie comedy is about boomers and older fighting back. Or should that be biting back?
 
Things kick off when a mysterious chemical spill affects the residents of a care home.
 
      
  
   
      
  
      
  
  
    Michael McIntyre is celebrating 25 years of stand-up comedy, with a special filming of his incredible, brand new worldwide sold-out 'Macnificent' show.
Coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this year, Michael McIntyre’s 25th Year Stand-up Special to be filmed at the iconic London Palladium, will see the audience treated to a hilarious evening of Michael’s observations of everyday life, to mark this special milestone. 
 
      
  
   
      
  
      
  
  
    The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction has announced its shortlist of seven titles in contention for this year’s award. The books on this year’s list highlight the funniest novels of the past twelve months, which best evoke the Wodehouse spirit of witty characters and perfectly timed comic prose. The award is the UK’s longest running prize for comic fiction and previous winners have included bestselling novelists Alexander McCall Smith, Marina Lewycka, Percival Everett and Hannah Rothschild.
 
      
  
   
      
  
      
  
  
    Underbelly Boulevard Soho has announced their upcoming programming slate and partnership with Italian restaurant group Artusi (Artusi, Peckham and Marcella, Deptford) who are expanding and preparing to open their third offering, Artusi Soho at the venue this November offering the very best in Italian cuisine for lunch or dinner.
 
      
  
   
      
  
      
  
  
    NextUp has released  ‘Basic Bloke’, the new stand-up special from acclaimed comedian Geoff Norcott, filmed in Stevenage.  
 
      
  
   
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