Exhibition to celebrate the history of comedy in the North East
Curators appeal for more memorabilia
28/06/2024 … The rich history of comedy in North East England is to be celebrated in an exhibition this summer.
2024 Archives
Fri 28 June 2024
© Michelle Huggleston Photography We need satire more than ever... so where is it?
Robin Morgan says TV should be using comedy to connect to voters turned off by politics
28/06/2024 … I grew up watching topical comedy on TV – Mock The Week was the gateway to watching live stand-up comedy, but before that, I remember watching Have I Got News…
© Marc Brenner Armando Iannucci’s Pandemonium tour cancelled
...and it's all Rishi Sunak's fault
28/06/2024 … A planned tour of Armando Iannucci’s satire of the government’s Covid response has been axed because of the general election.
Thu 27 June 2024
© ITV/Hartswood Films Douglas Is Cancelled
Review of Steven Moffat's timely comedy-drama with Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillen
27/06/2024 … Rows about cancel culture tend to be reductive.
It's Bill Baldy!
Bailey has his trademark locks chopped
27/06/2024 … Bill Bailey has cut his trademark flowing locks.
Kirsty Mann: Skeletons
Review of comic's tale of keeping her double life secret
27/06/2024 … Pretty much everyone trying to get on in the underfunded arts will be able to identify with Kirsty Mann’s situation in trying to juggle a conventional job…
© Ray Burmiston Ricky Gervais reveals the title of his next arena tour
27/06/2024 … Ricky Gervais has announced the title of his next world tour and Netflix special: Mortality.
The Vote Tory rap
MC Hammersmith's election contribution
27/06/2024 … You were probably going to do it anyway, but here's MC Hammersmith urging you to vote Conservative next week.