Is musical comedy too predictable?
Ashley Frieze on the prevalent tropes in his chosen genre
24/09/2024 … ‘I’m sorry, I can’t book you, I already have a musical comedian on that night’.
Tue 24 September 2024
What was the name of French & Saunders farewell tour?
Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz... all about double acts
24/09/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 23 September 2024
Molly McGuinness is the Salford Hannah Montana
23/09/2024 … Molly McGuinness talks about bean slop, cars with eyelashes, and munching mattresses in this new clip from Comedy Central Live.
© Karla Gowlett Sophie McCartney announces a new tour
Tired and Tested online star talks about turning 30
23/09/2024 … Sophie McCartney – the comic who came to prominence via her ‘Tired and Tested’ online videos – has announced a new tour for 2025.
© Ellie Kurttz Vinnie Jones makes his stage debut
Playing Danny Driscoll in Only Fools and Horses The Musical
23/09/2024 … Vinnie Jones is to make his stage acting debut – playing Danny Driscoll in Only Fools and Horses The Musical.
Paul Smith announces his biggest show yet
Comic to play London's O2 Arena next year
23/09/2024 … Paul Smith has announced his biggest ever show, with his Pablo tour playing London’s O2 Arena next year.
© Ray Burmiston Ricky Gervais announces first dates in Mortality tour
Show will also become a Netflix stand-up special
23/09/2024 … Ricky Gervais has today announced the first set of UK dates for his new stand-up show Mortality – which will also be filmed as a Netflix special.
Sun 22 September 2024
© UTKV 'I was running around a forest like a poor man’s Bear Grylls'
Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson on Apocalypse Slough
22/09/2024 … Apocalypse Slough, the latest in the Murder They Hope series of comic whodunits, comes to Gold.