Beyond The Joke

Kevin Bridges has been presented with the first Platinum Artist Award from the SEC after taking the crown as the artist who has played the most shows ever at SEC venues. The comedian’s 16-night sell-out shows at the OVO Hydro for his “Overdue Catch Up” tour bring the comedy legend’s total performances to sixty-three and kicks off a new awards programme from the SEC, recognising the best in live entertainment.

Reece Shearsmih has told Richard Herring about the time he met Sir Christopher Lee and what Bernie Clifton thought of Inside No 9 episode Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room in the latest Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre podcast just released.

Shearsmith was speaking to promote the new movie See How They Run, a murder mystery which is currently number one at the box office.

When I saw Dylan Moran at the Apollo in London recently it was clear that despite rarely appearing on TV these days he still had a massive devoted following. Thanks, I'm guessing, to the enduring popularity of his uber-grumpy character Bernard Black in Black Books. So it's good to see Moran back on the box in a brand new comedy, Stuck.

Improbable are delighted to announce full cast and creative team for An Improbable Musical, a Royal and Derngate Northampton and Improbable production. Following its critically acclaimed premiere in Northampton this February, An Improbable Musical will open at the Exeter Northcott on 27 September before a limited London run at Hackney Empire from 21 October.

After a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Richard Herring's acclaimed Leicester Square Theatre Podcast returns to the venue that gave it its name with a new run of Monday night star-studded interviews.

The current confirmed line-up is as follows with more big names to be announced.