Comedian/actor Jim Tavare's wife Laura has posted an encouraging update on her husband's health following his involvement in a head-on collision earlier this month. He has been able to get into a wheelchair for the first time and recently went outside the hospital where he was reunited with his dog Mr Kippy, who was with him at the time of the accident. The video below captures the soppy moment.
The full ten-act line-up has now been announced for this year's WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards. The final will take place at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, on April 10.
Emma Sidi is a comedian on the way up. In the last couple of years she has been busy establishing herself as a formidable personality in all the right places. She has been in TV's Drunk History and online YouTuber satire Pls Like to name two excellent things. And she recently picked up a Chortle Award nomination for Best Character/Variety Act.
A new trailer has been released to promote Sky's forthcoming series The Trip To Spain, starring Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan.
The third instalment of their comedic gastronomic travels will be broadcast on Sky Atlantic starting on April 6.
Anna Mann is not really a comedian. She is a veritable artiste who has been in showbusiness for almost as long as Joan Collins. She has recently branched out while she waits for her next big acting job and is offering advice to anyone suffering from black dog in her latest soiree, A Sketch Show For Depressives. Mann is helped in her quest by chameleon character comic Colin Hoult, who you should know from Revolting and Murder In Successville. Have you twigged yet?
The backpacking comedy-drama makes it to Vietnam this week, where the young foursome is torn between party-fuelled hedonism and adventure and working in an orphanage. And then there is Greg (Tim Key), who wants to play tourist and check out the country's recent military history: “experience the war with none of the downsides”.
Can John Bishop save The Nightly Show? That is what ITV may well be asking behind closed doors. They might be putting on a brave face but after the critical drubbing David Walliams received last week a lot is riding on Bishop's five days in the hot seat.
Simon Amstell is to tour later this year with a new show entitled What Is This?
He announced the news on Twitter with a Tweet linking to a page on his website where fans can sign up for access to a presale of tickets from 10am on Tuesday, February 28. The link is here.
Pete Teckman has been crowned Silver Stand Up of the Year 2017, seeing off fierce competition from up and coming comedians aged between 55 and 81 at the final in Leicester.
The contestants each performed their five-minute sets in front of the crowd and the judging panel; BBC radio presenter Monica Winfield, Martyn Allison from Big Difference Company and Louise Grainger from Equity union.
Comedian Louis C.K. is to debut two new stand-up comedy specials exclusively on Netflix. The first of the specials, entitled 2017, was filmed in Washington DC, and will premiere April 4 everywhere Netflix is available.
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