This summer comedian Ashley Blaker aims to change how people talk about parenting children with special needs, when his book is published and his Radio 4 series, Edinburgh Fringe run and UK tour start.
Wondery and Amazon Music have announced a podcast distribution and ad-sales rep deal with award-winning Welsh comedian Rob Brydon for his hit podcast series Brydon &. The deal will see episodes of the renowned hit show publish one week early and ad-free on Amazon Music (available to Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers and Amazon Prime members) and Wondery+ from May 25th. Brydon & is produced by Rob Brydon in partnership with
Sharon Horgan has spoken at the BBC Comedy Festival in Cardiff about her work and career in comedy and drama, following her recent success with the Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters.
“The great thing about doing a drama is the realisation that comedy is still really important,” On Bad Sisters, Horgan “never thought ‘well this is a drama so I have to approach it in a different way’ – it’s the same old sh*t,” she added.
Acclaimed storyteller Mike Birbiglia brings his latest one man show The Old Man & The Pool to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a limited six night run, following sell out performances across the US, including a Broadway run at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. The show opens at Underbelly’s McEwan Hall on 22 August and runs until 27 August, before embarking on a West End run at Wyndham’s Theatre from 12 September - 7 October 2023. Buy London tickets
here.
Class Indigo 1 (Year 5) from Greasley Beauvale Primary School in Eastwood crowned the nation’s funniest with their joke ““What happened to the math teachers garden? It grew square roots”.
The winning class have been immortalised in Beano form, featuring in this week’s comic on sale now in shops across the country. Each individual member of the class has been drawn by the legendary Beano artist Nigel Parkinson.
Lou Sanders hosts a night of comedy in Clapham this June featuring radio host and podcaster Pierre Novellie and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees Ahir Shah and Glenn Moore. Cawston Press’ No Jiggery Pokery Comedy Show promises an evening of side-splitting laughter and entertainment.
A third series of David Tennant and Michael Sheen’s hit show Staged is coming soon to BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
David Tennant and Michael Sheen are once again joined by Georgia Tennant and Anna Lundberg for an exciting third series.
The final has taken place of The Not So New Comedian Of The Year Awards at the Museum of Comedy in London.
12 performers competed for the title which is open to older comedians. The competition is open to anyone over 35 who has been performing for 5 years or more, and not making a living from comedy. Entries from character acts, musical acts and sketch groups are welcome. The only restriction is that all contestants must stick to five minutes of original material or risk disqualification.
Creators and stars Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton played an inspired 'trick' on fans of their anthology series Inside No 9 this week by creating an episode that didn't even 'exist' and broadcasting an alternative episode that nobody expected.
BBC Arts has announced a new series of Extraordinary Portraits for BBC One and BBC iPlayer, presented by Bill Bailey.
The series will pay tribute to NHS heroes, marking the 75th Anniversary of the NHS with a series of specially commissioned and inspiring portraits.
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