You may not know who Alex Lowe is but you really should. He is the man behind Barry from Watford, the eccentric, elderly gent and scourge of radio phone-in shows. Not only that but Barry is limbering up for a live tour when he teams up with Angelos Epithemiou. You can catch their New Power Generation shows at these places here.
The award winners at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival have been announced. Zoe Coombs Marr won the biggest prize, the prestigious Barry Award, for her show Trigger Warning.
The other nominees were Luisa Omielan, Damien Power, David O’Doherty, Rhys Nicholson, Tom Ballard and Anne Edmonds .
A group of comedians has been successful in their attempt to do a gig on Mount Everest in the Himalayas.
Martin Mor, Wayne Deakin, Tom Wrigglesworth and Mickey D were among the group who broke the world record for the highest ever stand-up gig. They performed at an Everest base camp at 5365 metres.
The trip involved a nine-day trek and was in aid of Save The Children.
I, Daniel Blake, the new film by Ken Loach starring comedian Dave Johns, is a contender for the prestigious Palme D'Or Award at the forthcoming Cannes Film Festival.
In the film the stand-up from Wallsend – in his first major screen acting role – plays a middle aged joiner who needs state welfare after illness. He meets a single mother who is also dependent on welfare and the story follows them as they negotiate the benefits system. Hayley Squires co-stars.
Adam Hills has anounced a major London performance of his Clown Heart show. This follows a sold-out tour this spring.
The star of Channel 4’s The Last Leg will be at London’s Eventim Apollo on Saturday 8th October.
British stand up/actor Brett Goldstein has been cast in a new comedy television pilot being made by HBO in America.
According to a Deadline report, A Lot is inspired by Maureen Dowd’s book Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide.
Comedians Zoe Coombs Marr and Rhys Nicholson are to get married in Australia on Friday.
They both have same sex partners but have decided to get engaged and then marry on Friday night to underline their objection to Australian laws which do not allow same sex marriage.
Various other unnamed comedians will also be taking part in the event. The duo say that they had the idea last August when they were performing in Edinburgh.
I have a bit of a confession to make. I was never a big fan of Hunderby. I liked it but was not devoted to it is many were. For some reason – Blackadder excepted – I like my comedy to be wearing modern clothes. So it is fills me with joy that Julia Davis is back in the modern world for Camping.
Not that there is actually much joy on display in Camping. We are back in Nighty Night/Human Remains terrain again here, with mismatched, often hideous, selfish people rubbing along together and not really making the best of things.
A British independent short film starring comedians Richard Herring and Rachel Stubbings has won an award at a Paris Film Festival.
While You Were Away, directed by Ben Mallaby and written by Gabriel Miller, picked up the Audience Award at ECU 2016.
If you are deliberating about whether to go to the Fringe this year watch this documentary and you will definitely decide in the affirmative whether you are a punter or a performer. The ‘spirit of the Fringe’ for better and worse is neatly conjured up in this fly on the wall film of Hannibal Buress appearing there in 2012.
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