Andy Smart to publish his memoirs
Outlandish travel tales from the Comedy Store regular
01/05/2019 … Veteran Comedy Store Player Andy Smart has written his memoirs.
2019 Archives
Wed 01 May 2019
Eddie Izzard movie to open Edinburgh film festival
Comic plays a menacing hunter in Boyz In The Wood
01/05/2019 … Eddie Izzard’s latest film is to open this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Jack Whitehall to host the Graham Norton show
...as Norton covers the Eurovision Song Contest
01/05/2019 … Jack Whitehall is to host The Graham Norton Show later this month.
Reggie Perrin: The musical
Wombles composer joins forces with top comedy writers for stage adaptation
01/05/2019 … The Fall and Rise Of Reginald Perrin is set to be turned turned into a stage musical.
Who won the 99 Club bursary for female comics?
Fringe newcomers get £500 each
01/05/2019 … Janine Harouni and Helen Bauer have each won £500 toward the cost of their debut Edinburgh shows thanks to London’s 99 Club.
BBC appoints Geoff Norcott to its diversity panel
Tory-voting comic is the first white man in the group
01/05/2019 … The BBC has appointed Tory-voting, Brexit-supporting comedian Geoff Norcott to be the first white man to serve on its diversity panel.