Sara Pascoe and Will Adamsdale have confirmed a run of special shows at the Battersea Arts Centre in the build-up to Christmas.
So you want to be a comedian? Should you do a comedy course? It’s a question I’m often asked at comedy conferences.
The recent blog post by Jay Islaam questioning the wisdom of doing comedy courses suggested that maybe they are not worth doing. He made some good points, but the answer, however, is not as simple as that.
Jonny Sweet's new romantic comedy series Together continues on BBC3 at 10.30pm tonight. Here is a review of episode one. Please watch it, it is brilliant, Sweet is brilliant and it also features a lot of other brilliant comedy faces.
Three months ago I attended a paid “workshop” in Bristol, which promised to help new comedians improve their chances of winning comedy competitions. One by one, more than a dozen of us got up and did seven minutes of material to each other, and were subsequently judged, X-Factor style, on our performances by a professional comedian and a left-wing comedy critic/booker.
Michael McIntyre has been presented the keys to The O2 after reaching the milestone of 21 performances at the venue. The record, first established by Prince in 2007, was equalled and subsequently smashed by the legendary comedian during his current seven-night run.
Russell Kane has announced a UK tour starting Barnstaple on February 25 and including six nights at London’s Leicester Square Theatre in April.
Controversial comedian Dapper Laughs, aka Daniel O'Reilly, has spoken to online magazine Spiked about his views on modern comedy. In an in-depth interview he defends himself against accusations of sexism and blames the outrage over him on society becoming too politically correct.
"People say I’m bringing it back to the dark ages, back to Chubby Brown.
Both of the television comedies that Peter Kay has starred in in 2015 are in the running for this year's National Television Award for Best Comedy. They are Car Share and Cradle To Grave.
The winner will be announced in a live show at the 02 Arena on January 20, which will be broadcast on ITV1.
The result is decided by public vote and the twelve shows that can be voted for are as follows:
Peter Kay's Car Share
Raised By Wolves
Cradle To Grave
Citizen Khan
Still Open All Hours
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.
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