The Righton comedy festival
John Thomson's character to showcase stand-up greats
25/06/2015 … John Thomson is to revive his club comedian character Bernard Righton for a new TV series about stand-up greats.
2015 Archives
Thu 25 June 2015
Stewart Lee at Pontins
25/06/2015 … STEWART LEE is to curate next year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival of alternative music.
Wed 24 June 2015
Jim Jefferies etc: BST festival
Gig review by Steve Bennett in Hyde Park
24/06/2015 … After the weekend warm-up acts of Kylie and Blur, London’s Hyde Park has now been given over to the comedians.
A contract for comedians
Equity's industry standard document
24/06/2015 … A central plank of the new comedians' network within Equity is to fight for a standard contract for comics.
See Stephen Merchant rehearse The Mentalists
24/06/2015 … Here is Stephen Merchant rehearsing for his West End debut.
Fighting for comedians' rights
Union Equity launches new drive
24/06/2015 … Performers' union Equity today officially launched its comedians' network to fight for fairer conditions for stand-ups.