Over the years the bursary has helped launch the careers of writers such as Guy Jenkin (Outnumbered and Drop the Dead Donkey), Rob Grant and Doug Naylor (Red Dwarf) and Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche (The Thick of It and Veep).
Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard McLean will host the new series of Radio 4 Extra’s satirical sketch show Newsjack, which begins on 7 February 2019.
The first images have been released of Sir Kenneth Branagh in this year’s Upstart Crow Christmas Special. Kenneth appears as the mysterious stranger in A Crow Christmas Carol.
Following a sell-out debut run at London’s Vaudeville Theatre in October of his critically acclaimed brand-new show ‘Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999’, and a second sold-out upcoming week run at London’s Phoenix Theatre (14th - 19th Jan 2019), James Acaster has announced a THIRD West End run of the show, returning to the Vaudeville Theatre for six performances from 25th February – 2nd March 2019.Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 14th December 2018
It’s great that this new Vic and Bob series has had such fantastic reviews. Almost everyone has celebrated the fact that they are clearly having bags of fun revisiting some of their old classic characters and catchphrases.
Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) and Film4 have wrapped production on BAFTA-winning director Michael Winterbottom’s Greed. The film stars Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Steve Coogan (upcoming Stan & Ollie, Alan Partridge, Philomena), alongside Isla Fisher, BAFTA-winner David Mitchell with Sophie Cookson , Shirley Henderson, Asa Butterfield, Sarah Solemani, Shanina Shaik, Dinita Gohil, Asim Chaudhry, Pearl Mackie, Jonny Sweet, Ollie Locke and Stephen Fry. The satire is co-written by Winterbottom and two-time Emmy Awa
The Vault Festival has launched its programme for 2019 and it once again includes a self-contained Comedy Festival. This year's line-up includes works-in-progress from household favourites like James Acaster, Phil Wang and Desiree Burch and debut hours from up and coming acts such as Helen Bauer, Chloe Petts and Kayla Macquarie.
The recent live revival of Whose Line Is It Anyway? has been a welcome surprise. The classic improvisation show still gets plenty of airings on television but who would have thought it would have been such a hit onstage that after two West End runs it is now coming to the Royal Albert Hall in the run-up to Christmas.
It’s great that this new Vic and Bob series has had such fantastic reviews. Almost everyone has celebrated the fact that they are clearly having a lot of fun revisiting some of their old classic characters and catchphrases.
Jarlath Regan, the comedian best known for his podcast An Irishman Aboard, has launched a new podcast about modern masculinity, entitled Men Behaving Better.
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