Rishi Sunak's Doing A Musical!
Review of a hastily-written topical satire
03/07/2024 … There’s a giddy end-of-term feeling to Rishi Sunak's Doing A Musical!, a spirited farewell-and-good-riddance to the Tories, hastily written after the Prime…
2024 Archives
Wed 03 July 2024
Leicester Square's New Comedian of 2024 open for entries
03/07/2024 … Entries have opened for the Leicester Square Theatre's annual New Comedian of the Year competition.
Don't let me stop you voting!
Ed Byrne delays his show to give fans time to get to the ballot box
03/07/2024 … Ed Byrne is starting his tour show half an hour later tomorrow night, to give fans more time to vote.
Tue 02 July 2024
© Ulster University That's DOCTOR Patrick Kielty
Comedian gets honorary degree from Ulster
02/07/2024 … Patrick Kielty has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Ulster University for his outstanding contribution to the arts.
How schweet is your knowledge of 1988 comedy?
02/07/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh start shooting Only Child
BBC's new Scottish-based father-son comedy
02/07/2024 … Filming has begun on BBC One’s new Scottish-based father-son comedy Only Child.
© Ray Burmiston How the cost of living crisis is impacting the Edinburgh Fringe
A view from Dylan Emery, actor, director, producer and... financial journalist?
02/07/2024 … If you want to go to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to make money, then either you are either a) a well-established act with tight cost controls or b) a pickpocket.
Jimmy Carr hits 1m YouTube subscribers
One special has 23million viewers
02/07/2024 … Jimmy Carr’s YouTube channel has hit one million subscribers.