Raising the bar

New contest for pub comedy

16/04/2008 … More bars could be putting on stand-up nights following the launch of a new pub comedy award.

How to be a laydee

Walliams's cross-dressing kids book

16/04/2008 … David Walliams has written his first children’s book – and it’s about a cross-dressing boy.

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15/04/2008 … FRANKIE BOYLE has announced 47 new dates in October, November and December.

'Arrested' cast drawn back together

Animated comedy planned

15/04/2008 … Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz has hired three of the show’s stars for a new animated comedy.

Take Steps to win...

Tickets for award-winning comedy up for grabs

15/04/2008 … The 39 Steps, the award-winning comic stage version of the classic thriller, is currently on tour across the UK.

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15/04/2008 … JOHNNY BYRNE, who wrote the screenplay for the 1972 film adaptation of Spike Milligan’s Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall before working on dramas such as…

The Simpsons offend Argentina

Storm over 'dictator' gag

15/04/2008 … An episode of The Simpsons is causing a storm in Argentina – for one throwaway line about former president Juan Peron.

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14/04/2008 … ALISTAIR McGOWAN is to join the cast of Cabaret in the West End from April 21, playing the MC.