Due to unforeseen circumstances the forthcoming Brian Pern comeback has been postponed until 2016. Accotding to Pern's publicists the veteran rock star philanthropist has foot and mouth disease and is in quarantine.
An Evening With Brian Pern, which was due to take place on Monday 19th October at the Lyric Theatre in London has been rescheduled and will now happen on Monday 1st February, 2016. Ticket holders will be contacted regarding the rescheduled date.
Cinemas in the UK will be marking the 40th anniversary of the release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail with special one-off singalong screenings in 500 cinemas. The events will take place across the country on Wednesday October 14.
The screenings will be accompanied by a specially filmed exclusive introduction from Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and John Cleese.
Billy Connolly is back on the road, doing what he loves best - stand-up. His Parkinson’s Disease means he can no longer play the banjo, but despite ill health he has clung on to that most precious of faculties – a sense of humour.
Age is not a factor when it comes to laughter. We can continue to choose to laugh till the end. And if we have the ability to make people laugh, age cannot take that away from us either.
It has been confirmed that Russell Howard will return to BBC2 on October 22 with a new series of Russell Howard's Good News. Having reached 3 million viewers a week and regularly been the most watched show on iPlayer, the award-winning show makes a welcome and highly anticipated return with a new nine-part run.
The latest spin on the TV prank show takes its cue from TV itself, which is long overdue a bit of a decent satirical kicking. Glitchy features a team of comedians pretending to be fronting genuine programmes which unsuspecting members of the public have chosen to appear in.
Comedy legend Billy Connolly has announced UK dates for early 2016. The 72-year-old comedian will be appearing at the Eventim Apollo in London for 11 dates between January 7 & January 23 as part of his High Horse international tour.
Independent label Go Faster Stripe is staging its first-ever comedy festival.
Nine comedy shows will take place at the Go Faster Festival at the Bloomsbury Theatre Studio over the weekend of November 7 & 8. The shows will be filmed for future DVD release by the Cardifff-based label.
The Saturday line-up is Robin Ince, Wil Hodgson, Matthew Crosby and Tony Law and the Sunday line-up is Bec Hill, MJ Hibbett, Gavin Osborn, Simon Munnery and one more tbc.
By one of those quirks that you either love or deem irrelevant, I've just seen two shows in a row with a noose onstage. First there was Sam Simmons’ dark Foster’s Award-winning Soho Theatre show. And then this positively pitch-black piece of theatre by acclaimed writer Martin McDonagh, who most will probably know best for the hit hitman movie In Bruges.
Sandi Toksvig has announced a tour of England and Wales in early 2016.
Sandi Toksvig Live! Politically Incorrect will be an evening of stand-up, stories and fascinating facts, which will raise funds for The Women's Equality Party, which Toksvig co-founded earlier this year. All profits from the shows will go to fund the Party’s work.
If BBC3 is going down at least it is going down fighting. Next month it airs a scintillating new sitcom from Josh Widdicombe, this week it launches a fab new documentary series fronted by Romesh Ranganathan. Asian Provocateur finds our uber-grumpy guide packed off to Sri Lanka by his Crawley-based mum to find out about the country his family comes from. “I know more about Horsham,” he admits.
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