Morgan Rees makes BBC New Comedy final
28/07/2017 … Morgan Rees has become the latest stand-up to make it through to the semi-finals of the BBC New Comedy award.
Fri 28 July 2017
Brit(ish) at Just For Laughs
Gig review by Steve Bennett in Montreal
28/07/2017 … Just For Laughs is a high-pressure festival for comedians – an intense rush to impress the all-powerful industry bigwigs in a few minutes over a few days;…
Nailing the Hammer joke...
28/07/2017 … Tweets of the week Name something that makes a shower terrible.
Is it more palatable when white comedians talk about racism?
Che Burnley thinks it might be
28/07/2017 … I’ve got over a hundred ‘niggas’ in my Fringe show… …one ‘Paki’ and quite a few cunts.
The comedy bubble is ready to burst
...so says comic-turned-historian Kliph Nesteroff
28/07/2017 … The comedy bubble is set to burst in the next few years, a leading entertainment historian has warned.
© Steve Ullathorne Putting the 'not' in Tig Notaro
Ashley Storrie takes over her Twitter account
28/07/2017 … Scottish stand-up Ashley Storrie has hijacked Tig Notaro’s Twitter feed.
Winter is coming... to London!
West End dates for Graeme of Thrones parody show
28/07/2017 … Comedy parody Graeme of Thrones is transferring to London’s West End.
Red Dwarf XII: The first image
All the cast become mechanoids
28/07/2017 … TV channel Dave has released the first image from the new series of Red Dwarf XII, which is due to launch this autumn.