Alan Davies As Yet Untitled is set to return to TV channel Dave for a third series.
Comedy website The British Comedy Guide has reported that the series, in which Davies chats to guests and then comes up with a title for the show at the end of the recording based on their stories, will be filmed at the Hospital Club in London.
Guests have not been announced for the new series but previous guests have included Ross Noble, Jon Ronson, Katherine Ryan, Sara Pascoe, Noel Fielding and Rob Delaney.
Full-length comedy shows used to be the showbiz equivalent of the May fly. They did their runs in Edinburgh, London and then on tour, and then they were gone forever. The comedians moved on to their next project.
The co-star of this week’s Inside No. 9, Tom Riley, recently tweeted that it was “maybe the greatest half hour of TV I’ve ever been lucky enough to be in”. Actors are not unfamiliar with the art of hyperbole, so perhaps we should take that with a wheelbarrow full of salt. On the other hand I think he might just be right.
At the start of March I wrote this feature below about the history of South London’s comedy clubs for the website Deserter. When I was putting a draft together I deliberated about whether to include Battersea Arts Centre in it. I’ve seen some fantastic gigs there. Daniel Kitson of course, Al Murray, Will Adamsdale, Stewart Lee in his wilderness years.
Janey Godley has been nominated for four awards in the second Scottish Comedy Awards nominations, announced today. The Glaswegian comedian is up for Best Headliner, Best Compere, Best Podcast (with her daughter Ashley Storrie) and Best Festival/Tour Show.
Update 8/6/15: A date has now been confirmed for the London Premiere of Rik Mayall's final unreleased film, One By One.
The finalists in this year’s Musical Comedy Awards have been announced today. They are Rebecca Humphries, DW, Gatis Kandis, Luke Courtier, Baron Fingolfin and Peter Bazely.
This year's final takes place at the Bloomsbury Theatre on April 10. Special guests at the final will be Cassetteboy and Rachel Parris and Rob Deering will compere. Humphries (pictured) is probably the best known of the finalists. Her Edinburgh show Dizney Rascal played to full houses and received consistently favourable reviews.
A couple of years ago I interviewed Stewart Lee in Comedy Central UK’s offices off Oxford Street. He was promoting the Alternative Comedy Experience which was about to start and give airtime to comedians who didn’t fit into the shiny floored Live at the Apollo template such as Josie Long and Simon Munnery.
Seinfeld star Jason Alexander is to take over the lead role in Fish In The Dark, the Broadway comedy written and currently starring Seinfeld co-creator Larry David.
The production is a big success and its run has been extended. David will play Norman Drexel for the last time on June 7 and then Alexander will take over at the Cort Theatre. Alexander is best known, of course, for playing George Costanza in Seinfeld. The character is generally regarded as being Larry David’s screen alter ego.
The Barbican is screening a series of classic comedy films in April, including Naked Gun and Spinal Tap, which have been chosen by luminaries such as Miranda Hart and Jon Ronson.
The season, entitled This Made Me Laugh, runs from April 10 - 16 and also features screenings of Bullets Over Broadway, True Grit and more. For the full schedule click here.
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