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.
2019 Archives
Wed 01 May 2019
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.
Tue 30 April 2019
Not so Fast!
BBC axes Fast Show reunion over costs
30/04/2019 … The BBC has blocked plans for a 25th anniversary reunion of the Fast Show – saying it was too expensive.
Jack Whitehall announces work-in-progress shows
Four London theatre dates next month
30/04/2019 … Jack Whitehall has announced four work in progress dates – at London venues most comedians would be happy to play their full show at.
Iain Stirling throws a surprise party
In the next episode of The Comedy Bus
30/04/2019 … Iain Stirling throws a surprise anniversary for his parents in the next episode of The Comedy Bus.