Chancellor 'values Turkish deal over free speech'
16/04/2016 … German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been slammed by free speech campaigners after allowing a case to proceed against a comedian who insulted the Turkish president Tayyip…
16/04/2016 … Zoe Coombs Marr has won this year's Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
'Awkward, inspiring, dark and funny'
15/04/2016 … Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor is writing his memoirs.
Live shows debut at Edinburgh Fringe
15/04/2016 … Spoof news reporter Jonathan Pie is to launch his own stand-up tour.
© World Economic Forum / Creative Commons 15/04/2016 … • 'I won’t adapt an art form to a bunch of idiots with their phones' US comedian Jen Kirkman• Bono has told American politicians they should send comedians…
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
15/04/2016 … Venezuelan comic Ivan Aristeguita is selling out his festival run on the back of one televised routine – a few minutes affectionately picking apart the sausage…
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
15/04/2016 … When she won the Australia’s biggest open mic competition last weekend, Danielle Walker proved she had all the talent to make it as a professional comedian.
15/04/2016 … James Acaster has been nominated for more Edinburgh Comedy Awards than anybody else – and as he unveils his new offering in Melbourne, a good three months ahead…
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