The first picture of Lee Mack in his debut stage role has been released. And it has also been announced that Mathew Horne (pictured behind Mack and Griff Rhys Jones), Andi Osho, Ellie White and Katy Wix will also join the cast for the revival of Moliere's The Miser.
The play, newly adapted by Sean Foley and Phil Porter, will be presented at Bath Theatre Royal and Richmond Theatre, prior to opening at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End on Wednesday 1st March 2017, with an opening night on Monday 13th March 2017.
Filming in London has wrapped on Finding Your Feet, starring BAFTA award-winner and Oscar nominee Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake, Maleficent, Harry Potter, Pride) and BAFTA nominee Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner, Harry Potter, The King’s Speech). The production will move to Rome for its final week of principal photography.
A new seasonal video has been released which is voiced by Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The 12 Days Of Christmas: A Tale Of Avian Misery explores the challenge of trying to fit an entire farmyard's-worth of poultry into a small North London flat.
It is certainly not the most cutting edge comedy on the screen at the moment. Far from it. In fact the opening sketch this week in which Walliams changes swear words around (“duck off you annoying winkers”) to avoid offending viewers could have been an update of an old Ronnie Barker skit.
Comedian Carl Donnelly is looking for people to stand-in for his podcast partner Chris Martin.
Donnelly and Martin regularly record the Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin Podcast, which was included in the Guardian’s ‘top 10 comedy list’ and has over 50,000 followers. But next year when Donnelly is touring the UK with his latest show Bad Man Tings Martin will be in Los Angeles, so they will be unable to meet up to record together.
The David Nobbs Memorial Trust, established after the death of the Reggie Perrin author, has launched its first annual comedy writing competition. The first prize of £500 as well as any runner-up prizes will be awarded after judges turn their critical eye on entries, which can be submitted from January 1 until January 15.
The line-up has been confirmed for the NATYS Top of the Bill Showcase in January.
The late Harry Secombe’s son Andrew Secombe has been cast in his father’s role in new episodes of Radio 4’s The Missing Hancocks, which are being recorded this weekend in London.
Jon Richardson is co-hosting an edition of The One Show live on BBC1 for the very first time tonight. Richardson will be co-presenting the weekday tea-time show alongside regular host Alex Jones with Nicole Scherzinger as tonight's special guest.
The grumpy, pedantic comedian has recently announced his biggest UK tour yet, entitled The Old Man. Dates here.
The Comedy Cafe, one of the oldest comedy clubs in London, is to close after 26 years.
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