The finalists have been announced for the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2024.
The final takes place on Sunday 8 December at 7pm at Leicester Square Theatre.
Buy tickets here.
And the finalists are:
Actor Timothy West has died. He was 90.
In a long acting career he played a number of major straight dramatic roles such as Bolingbroke in Richard II and notched up appearances in Macbeth and Day of the Jackal, but also featured in a number of comedies including Not Going Out where he played the original Geoffrey Adams and Inside No 9. He was one of the stars of the very first Inside No 9 episode, Sardines (pictured). He was also one of the few actors to appear in both EastEnders and Coronation Street.
James Acaster's latest show Hecklers Welcome is set to premiere on November 23 on HBO Max.
No UK broadcast date has been announced.
A version of the show that he toured widely has recently been released as a limited edition vinyl edition. Details here.
The new live DVD from Mock the Week star Rhys James completely sold out on the day of release within 90 minutes of going on sale.
This is rather less impressive however when you learn that there was only one copy available.
To mark the launch of Spilt Milk one DVD was hidden in a mystery charity shop* where it was on sale for 50p.
Al Murray's precious Pub Landlord outfit has been stolen. Murray is currently on tour and his rented silver Mercedes was broken into. The rear window was smashed and goods including the stage outfit were taken.
Murray broke the news on social media: "Congratulations to the thief who will soon be dressing up as the Pub Landlord. "
Details of comedian Janey Godley's funeral have been announced by her daughter Ashley Storrie. Godley died last week, aged 63.
Storrie posted the following on Godley's social media account:
"For the past few years of Ma's life, it was important to her that she shared her journey with everyone, to offer support for others on the same path and to highlight the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer - all of course in her very singular Janey style, with laughter and candour.
Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast will be returning for a 10th series. The new series will once again see Frank dive into more of his favourite contemporary and classic works, reading extracts, analysing works, and dissecting the best verses of familiar and lesser-known poets in weekly segments.
Award-winning Blackstock Market has opened its final two performance spaces at its hugely popular Liverpool site.
The theatres – Wally’s Room (pictured), which has capacity for 227, and the 147-seater The Barn - are the latest phase of the acclaimed £8million city entertainment destination to be completed.
Comedian and presenter Joel Dommett is returning to his stand-up roots with a brand-new tour for 2025, Happy Idiot. The tour will see Joel head out across the UK from February 2025. Tickets will be available via presale on Thursday 7th November at 11am, with general on sale taking place on Friday 8th November at 11am.
Tickets will be available from https://www.joeldommett.com/
BBC Radio 4 has announced a sweep of comedy commissions, including series from Matt Forde, Laura Smyth and Ria Lina, plus the return of fan favourites including Frank Skinner’s One Person Found This Helpful and Chris McCausland’s You Heard It Here First.
The Final Word with Matt Forde (w/t), a new satirical comedy show, will see hit political comedian Matt Forde raid his contacts list and probe into some of the trickiest political subjects, interviewing polit
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