The battle of Blackpool
Legal tussle could sink comedy club
19/06/2019 … Comedians have raised more than £1,000 to help a comedy promoter embroiled in a ‘David and Goliath’ tussle with a venue he used to book.
Wed 19 June 2019
© Plus Equals Sofie Hagen launches her own clothing range
Comic teams up with plus-size fashion label
19/06/2019 … Sofie Hagen has unveiled her own fashion range, a collection of vibrantly coloured jumpsuits for plus-sized bodies.
© XK Engineering/Maximilian Bühn/CC BY-SA 4.0 Cashback! Coogan's classic car scoops an award
Rare Jaguar E-Type restored to its original glory
19/06/2019 … Steve Coogan’s rare E-type Jaguar has won an award after being painstakingly restored.
Smack The Pony reunion 'is not happening'
Doon Mackichan says no TV channel wants their new sketches
19/06/2019 … No broadcaster is prepared to air a Smack The Pony reunion, star Doon Mackichan has claimed.
Winchester comedy festival announces 2019 line-up
Including Phoenix Nights' Clinton Baptiste
19/06/2019 … Winchester Comedy Festival has announced the line-up for its seventh event, including Ed Byrne, Richard Herring and Clinton Baptiste – the hapless clairvoyant…
Comedy returns to the home of the Comic Strip
As Soho strip club is replaced by a new theatre
19/06/2019 … Comedy is returning to the London venue that was once home to the groundbreaking Comic Strip troupe.
This Country duo write their first book
..in the guise of a fake parish newsletter.
19/06/2019 … This Country siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper are to write their first book.
Jermaine Clement stars in music video
Helping out fellow Kiwi Lawrence Arabia
19/06/2019 … He’s no stranger to the trials and tribulations of being a jobbing musician.