Mystery solved...
Arthur Smith was festival's secret guest
10/02/2009 … Arthur Smith gave the first public reading of his forthcoming autobiography, My Name Is Daphne Fairfax, at the Leicester Comedy Festival yesterday.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 10 February 2009
Mon 09 February 2009
Free Herring!
09/02/2009 … Richard Herring is about to embark on a 39-date tour of his acclaimed show The Headmaster’s Son – and we have ten pairs of tickets to be won.
Fri 06 February 2009
This snow's a drag...
Shows cancelled by bad weather
06/02/2009 … Cross-dressing cabaret act Drags Aloud have pulled their entire Leicester Comedy Festival run, citing the bad weather.
They'll be rolling in the aisles
Milton Jones to perform in cathedral
06/02/2009 … Milton Jones will become the first comedian to perform stand-up at Leicester Cathedral next week.
Sun 01 February 2009
Win the show that launched the stars...
01/02/2009 … A largely forgotten sketch show that helped launch the careers of Ben Elton, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie is released on DVD today – and we have five copies to…