American comedian and TV personality Kemah Bob has created and is hosting a brand-new podcast called ‘FOC IT UP with Kemah Bob’, produced by The Guilty Feminist’s team. FOC stands for Femmes of Color, however the podcast celebrates and centres on the perspectives of women, non-binary and trans-masculine comedians of color, and episodes are released every Tuesday.
After an acclaimed stint delving into heritage crafts in The Prince’s Master Crafters, artist, comedian and musician Jim Moir will return to Sky Arts next year to front a brand new series which will see him grab his paintbrushes, don his binoculars and set out across the UK to share one of his greatest passions: watching and painting birds.
Sky is to make seven brand new Sky Original comedy shorts as part of its BAFTA-winning Sky Comedy Shorts programme.
Written by and starring familiar faces such as Rosie Jones, Desiree Burch, Jordan Stephens and plenty of Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees and winners including Jess Fostekew and Jordan Brookes, the seven shorts explore everything from dating anxiety and rural life to pub quizzes and imaginary friends. All the shorts will air on Sky Arts and YouTube in 2023.
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.
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