Caroline Leslie’s irresistible production of Mark Evans’ glorious comedy mash-up Bleak Expectations will open in preview at the Criterion Theatre from 3 May. The production will have a press night on 18 May and performances will run until 3 September. This stage adaptation of the award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy of the same name, will feature each week a very special guest star in the role of Sir Philip (“Pip”) Bin.
The UK Pun Championships Final has taken place at De Montfort Hall as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Eight punsters reached the knockout final and competed against each other in a wrestling ring compered by Jason Byrne (pictured).
The eight finalists were: Ben Emmett, Cosmic Kat, Daniel Edison, Geoff Alderman, Kat Molinari, Lee Brace, Pauline Eyre and Stevie Vegas.
And the comedian crowned winner was Lee Brace, who pipped Daniel Edison in the final.
Watch the highlights below.
Pleasance Theatre Trust present their first official-on sale of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023. Featuring unmissable shows from The Showstoppers, NewsRevue, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare, Paul Merton, Chloe Petts (pictured bottom) and Adam Kay (pictured top), the Pleasance offers audiences a whole host of productions across this year’s festival.
This year's festival runs from August 2 - August 28.
Egyptian-American Ramy Youssef is to front two benefit shows at London’s Leicester Square Theatre on Friday 17th February to raise money for Earthquake Relief
Following the sell-out success of 2022, Kaleidoscope Festival will return to Alexandra Palace once again on Saturday 15 July 2023, with an all-star line-up of comedy across the Fringe Stage in addition to live music and DJs, to keep thousands partying at London’s highest festival.
When I first read that Sky was making a series about a woman fighting sexism in the world of comedy, I expected to see an English version of the award-winning The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, which charted the career of a groundbreaking Joan Rivers-like character. What we get in this six-parter based on the Nick Hornby novel Funny Girl and adapted by Morwenna Banks has certain similarities, mixing social comment and comedy, but with a distinctly English saucy sixties seaside postcard edge to it.
Following her success at Edinburgh Festival Fringe Tiff Stevenson (Mock The Week) is set to take her brand-new show ‘Sexy Brain’ on UK & Ireland tour from 22nd March to 28th May, including venues such as London’s Soho Theatre. <
Rich Hardisty will be taking his hilarious yet touching show Silly Boy, out on the road for his debut national tour this spring.
In new research released today by Sky, 42 percent of Brits admitted that they cannot remember the last time they laughed out loud, as well as 32 percent of those surveyed believing they haven’t as much as giggled in the last month.
Natasha Anderson brings her first stand-up comedy show, Natasha Anderson: Food Diary (Work in Progress), to VAULT Festival in London for one night in February and the Brighton Fringe for two nights in May.
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