Shortlists announced in comedy.co.uk awards
21/01/2019 … Shortlists have been revealed for this year’s comedy.
Mon 21 January 2019
Smack The Pony plan a reunion
Comeback for Fiona Allen, Sally Phillips and Doon Mackichan's sketch show?
21/01/2019 … The cast of Smack The Pony are planning a comeback.
Jerry Springer: The Opera returns to the British stage
New production comes to Manchester this summer
21/01/2019 … Jerry Springer: The Opera is being revived – 13 years since it last played in the UK.
'Just a big old-fashioned sexist'
Twitter mocks Russell Brand's approach to fatherhood
21/01/2019 … Russell Brand has often waxed lyrical about how much fatherhood has meant to him, But the comic has attracted some ridicule and criticism after admitting that…
Leicester festival's new comics to be broadcast to the nation
Event signs sponsorship deal with radio station Union Jack
21/01/2019 … The long-running Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year is to be broadcast on digital radio for the first time.
Sun 20 January 2019
© HBO Producing the goods
Behind-the-scenes award for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
20/01/2019 … The makers of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver have scooped a gong at the Producers Guild of America Awards.
© David Betteridge Little and Large, together again
Duo reunite at Bristol's Slapstick Comedy Festival
20/01/2019 … Little and Large reunited for their first stage appearance in decades this weekend, as part of the Slapstick comedy festival in Bristol.
