Conleth Hill (Game Of Thrones), Rosie Cavaliero (Worzel Gummidge), George Costigan (Happy Valley) and Sheila Reid (Benidorm) will star alongside Sian Gibson (Peter Kay’s Car Share) in new comedy Undoing Martin Parker.
The BBC has commissioned a fourth series of Guz Khan’s Bafta-nominated Man Like Mobeen from Tiger Aspect, part of Banijay UK.
Filming on the series written by Guz Khan (Army Of Thieves, The Bubble) and co-creator Andy Milligan (Undercover) is set to commence this autumn, and air on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer next year.
Amy Gledhill has had a pretty good Edinburgh Fringe. Her sketch group The Delightful Sausage has just been nominated for the Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show prize for the second time and Gledhill's solo show has landed her a Best Newcomer nomination. It's one of those quirks of the Award T&Cs that even though she has been up for the main award in a previous year she is still a newcomer as a solo act.
Rosie Holt comes to Edinburgh off the back of her viral video clips of dumb doubling down politicians that have been so convincing in their utter craven imbecility that they have bee taken for the real thing. The challenge is transferring that considerable success to the stage.
The David Johnson Emerging Talent Award celebrates the life of maverick producer David Johnson who died in 2020. The cash prize of £11,000 comes with no strings and will be presented to a performer/show on 28th August at a mixed bill comedy show at 6pm at the Gordon Aikman Theatre. It is The Biggest Cash Prize on the Fringe! Ever!
Lily Phillips has had her fair share of being objectified. She trained as a dancer then worked on the lower rungs of show business.
Starship Improvise, a supergroup of performers from Tony and Olivier Award winning companies Mischief, Showstopper! and Austentatious took to the streets to finish their comedy improv show after a fire alarm caused a venue-wide evacuation.
GET OFF LIVE COMEDY IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE, FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, A CUTTING-EDGE COMEDY GALA IN THE HEART OF THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE.
With Nish Kumar headlining and featuring the UK’s favourite comedians including Sindhu Vee, Mark Watson, Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Nina Gilligan it promises to be a night to remember!
Filming began this week in Manchester on Two Brothers Pictures’ latest 8 x 30’ comedy drama, Entitled. Starring Brett Gelman (Stranger Things, Fleabag) in the leading role, the dark comedy sets to unravel our beliefs on privilege and prerogative, whilst delving into themes of grief, class, and greed. Harry Williams, Jack Williams and Sarah Hammond, the creative team behind Emmy award-winning Fleabag, Executive Produce the series for Two Brothers Pictures, an All3Media company.
Olaf Falafel's show is always one of the daftest, looniest shows on the Fringe. It's also free if you are what Falafel calls an "opportunistic chancer" who is quick enough to do a runner before Falafel gets to the door with his bucket and card reader at the end. Seriously though, payment is optional but this is deinfitely a show worth paying for.
Pages
Zircon - This is a contributing Drupal Theme
Design by
WeebPal.
