2015 Archives
Thu 05 March 2015
Tom Basden takes on Dostoevsky
New play for Manchester International Festival
05/03/2015 … Tom Basden has written new comic play based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story, The Crocodile.
Comic David Elms up for acting award
LA nomination for his short film
05/03/2015 … Musical comedian David Elms has been nominated for an acting award in Los Angeles.
Embrace the niche
Kate Fox on how she avoided chasing the mainstream
05/03/2015 … I make my living as a performance poet but stand-up comedy is my first love.
June Whitfield joins EastEnders
Guest appearance opposite Kat Moon
05/03/2015 … Veteran comedy actress June Whitfield is to appear in EastEnders.
© BBC Revealed: The top TV comedies of 2014
05/03/2015 … Mrs Brown’s Boys was the most-watched comedy of 2014.
Wed 04 March 2015
BBC announces annual Ronnie Barker lecture
Top comic to spray a few worms about the spate of comedy
04/03/2015 … The BBC is to host an annual Ronnie Barker Lecture, designed to do for comedy what the Reith and Dimbleby lectures do for society and broadcasting.