Alternative comedy pioneer Tony Allen dies at 78
01/12/2023 … Tony Allen – widely hailed as the godfather of alternative comedy – has died at the age of 78.
2023 Archives
Fri 01 December 2023
© Cottonbro studio / Pexels The problem with doctors...
01/12/2023 … Posts of the week "And I would walk 500 miles - All measurements are approximate - No liability is accepted for exact distance travelled - Your home is…
Ed Gamble to host official Traitors spin-off
Comic fronts 'visualised podcast' for the BBC
01/12/2023 … Ed Gamble is to host an official companion programme for the next series of The Traitors.
Two Way Mirror
New short with Joz Norris and Stevie Martin
01/12/2023 … Joz Norris stars in this new short film about a performance artist who wants to perform on one side of a two way mirror so he doesn’t know whether he’s…
Royal Court Theatre to host a stand-up season
With David Baddiel, John Kearns, Ahir Shah and more
01/12/2023 … London’s Royal Court Theatre is to host ten days of comedy featuring the likes of David Baddiel, John Kearns, Ahir Shah and Lucy Beaumont.
© Colin Knowles/CC BY-SA 2.0 Terry Gilliam to be honoured at the Slapstick Festival
Director and ex-Python to attend Bristol celebration
01/12/2023 … Terry Gilliam is to attend Bristol’s Slapstick festival of vintage comedy next year, where he will receive an award for his contribution to visual comedy.
Rare Dudley Moore footage to air
...in a C5 documentary about the comedian to be screened this Christmas
01/12/2023 … Footage of Dudley Moore never previously seen on British TV is to be broadcast for the first time.
Thu 30 November 2023
Kieran Hodgson plans a Liz Truss musical
After skewering Prince Andrew, comedian has Britain's shortest-serving PM in his sights
30/11/2023 … Kieran Hodgson is writing a musical about Liz Truss’s short-lived time as Prime Minister.