Jessica Hynes, who recently won a Bafta Award for her role as PR consultant Siobhan Sharpe in BBC sitcom W1A is to present her favourite pieces of writing to the audience at the BBC Radio Theatre in the R4 series With Great Pleasure.
Tickets are free and can be applied for at the link below. The recording takes places at the following time and place:
Following the hit BAFTA-nominated one-off which was broadcast on BBC One in 2014, Catherine Tate is bringing her foulmouthed Nan back for two further half hour episodes. The new instalments will be filmed later this year for broadcast in 2016.
The new specials will again be written by Catherine Tate, Brett Goldstein and Dan Swimer, and directed by Geoff Posner.
Following yesterday's opinion piece on Lorraine Bowen's appearance on Britain's Got Talent I was contacted by another performer, Martin Cabble-Reid, who also went from comedy clubs to the show, getting to the semi-finals in 2010 as spoof character Kevin Cruise. Cabble-Reid's cautionary story below suggests that if you are already a circuit performer going on BGT will change your career direction forever and that you may not be able to go back to your old life even if you want to... Bruce Dessau
The BBC has announced the next six new comedy pilots as part of its Comedy Feeds series on iPlayer. The shows feature, among others, Dane Baptiste, Greg James, Sarah Hadland, Jamie Demetriou, Natasha Demetriou, Liam Williams, Claudia O’Doherty and Funz & Gamez. Now in their fourth year, the Comedy Feeds exist to provide a platform for new and emerging comedy talent to showcase their work.
Long-standing comedy club East Dulwich Comedy at the Hob in Forest Hill is to close this weekend after ten years. Owners of the pub Emma and Ron Emslie broke the news on Facebook late last night.
Has Rory Bremner drawn the short straw by coming last in the post-Election post-mortems or has this given him an advantage? While others were completely blindsided by the result but had to respond quickly, the veteran impressionist has had almost a week to review and take in the poll’s ramifications and try to find the funny side.
Jackie Mason used to joke that he was rich enough to retire: “I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.” Well he must have bought something because the 83-year-old legend is back in the UK for more dates this June. If you haven’t ever seen the veteran comic you really must catch him this time.
A commemorative blue plaque has been unveiled on the wall outside the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club in Manchester. The plaque is dedicated to the “memory of all the comedians who died onstage” during the club’s 21 years. Owner Dave Perkin is pictured with the plaque.
Luminaries who have cut their teeth in the Oldham Street venue include Peter Kay, Johnny Vegas, Lee Mack, Jason Manford, Dave Gorman, Chris Addison, Lucy Porter, Jack Whitehall and Ross Noble.
Madcap comedian Jason Byrne has announced a brand new UK tour for autumn 2015. The 20 Years A Clown tour marks two decades in comedy and starts on 1st October at Colchester Arts Centre.
The Irish comic said: "I’ve been doing the comedy circuit for 20 years and I enjoy it more than ever. I’m really looking forward to getting back out on the road; this show will be more energetic and more fun than ever before!"
Legendary televised improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? is to return to the UK as a live stage show for the first time. It will make its official worldwide premiere at the Adelphi Theatre in London from Saturday 20th June. Original co-creators Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson will be working with regulars Colin Mochrie, Josie Lawrence, Greg Proops, Brad Sherwood and Clive Anderson for a limited two-week run.
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