Putting the International into the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Overseas line-up bills announced
12/02/2020 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has confirmed the line-ups of its regular line-up shows.
2020 Archives
Wed 12 February 2020
Athena Kugblenu lands BBC's Felix Dexter Bursary
Six-month placement to boost her comedy writing career
12/02/2020 … Stand-up Athena Kugblenu has been awarded this year’s Felix Dexter Bursary by the BBC.
THIS is John Oliver's new promotional poster
‘If there’s hope for him, there’s hope for all of us.
12/02/2020 … If you’re going to have your face plastered on billboards across the US, you might want to look your best.
Tue 11 February 2020
© Channel 4 Second series for Year Of The Rabbit
Matt Berry will be back on Channel 4
11/02/2020 … Channel 4 has confirmed the second series of Matt Berry’s Victorian police comedy Year of the Rabbit.
Shappi Khorsandi set to play the queen's mother
...drag queen Glamrou, that is
11/02/2020 … Shappi Khorsandi is being lined up to play the mother of drag queen Glamrou in a semi-autobiographical TV comedy, Chortle can reveal.
Which singer did Stephen Merchant drop?
11/02/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
46 Star Trek puns
11/02/2020 … Want 46 Star Trek puns in under 100 seconds? Well, like a Singer repair technician, comedian John Robinson has made it sew.
Comics up for LGBT awards
Hannah Gadsby, Joe Lycett, Susan Calman and Suzi Ruffell all nominated
11/02/2020 … Hannah Gadsby, Joe Lycett, Susan Calman and Suzi Ruffell have been nominated in the British LGBT Awards Gadbsy has been named one of the top ten LGBT…