Just For Laughs launches VR comedy shows
New tie-up with Facebook owner Meta
30/08/2022 … A number of comedy shows are to be available in virtual reality, thanks to a new collaboration between the Just For Laughs festival and Facebook owner Meta.
2022 Archives
Tue 30 August 2022
© BBC Test your Still Game knowledge
Try our quiz as the sitcom turns 20 next week
30/08/2022 … Test your knowledge of Still Game – as the Scottish sitcom hits 20 next week, with the first episode airing on September 6, 2002, Our weekly multiple-choice…
Tom Mayhew: Trash Rich
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
30/08/2022 … Trash Rich is a slow-burning show but builds to a vital and pressing topic largely overlooked in the overwhelmingly middle-class Fringe.
Susan Riddell: Living My 2nd Best Life
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
30/08/2022 … Can you create good comedy if you’re living a relatively comfortable drama-free life? That’s the premise of Susan Riddell’s sophomore Fringe show.
Louis CK to be the subject of a new documentary
Where are we at five years after #MeToo?
30/08/2022 … Louis CK’s fall from grace – and his subsequent rebuilding of his comedy career – is to be charted in a new documentary.
Bella Hull: Babycakes
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
30/08/2022 … Bella Hull is chatty, charming, engaging and very girly.
© Bobby Ball Foundation/Twitter He'd have been piggin' chuffed...
9ft statue to Bobby Ball unveiled
30/08/2022 … A 9ft statue of Bobby Ball has been unveiled in his Lancashire hometown.
Leicester Comedy Festival announces first shows of 2023
Including Stewart Lee, Sophie Duker and Hal Cruttenden
30/08/2022 … The first shows have gone on sale for next year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.