Underbelly gets a permanent London home
Cabaret and variety shows planned as it takes over Soho's Boulevard Theatre
08/06/2023 … Edinburgh Fringe operator Underbelly is opening a permanent London base.
Thu 08 June 2023
© Quay Street Productions/ITVX Significant Other
Review of Youssef Kerkour and Katherine Parkinson's new ITVX comedy
08/06/2023 … By starting with an overdose attempt and a heart attack, Significant Other couldn’t signal its intentions to be an unconventional romcom any more clearly.
US comic Pat Cooper dies at 93
Stand-up appeared in Analyze This and Seinfeld
08/06/2023 … American comedian Pat Cooper has died aged 93.
Comedy festival backs Shelter
Charity will get share of ticket sales
08/06/2023 … Organisers of the 2023 Shrewsbury International Comedy Festival have chosen Shelter as their designated charity for this year.
Trailer for Bridget Christie's comedy The Change
Coming to Channel 4 on June 21
08/06/2023 … Channel 4 has released the trailer for Bridget Christie's new comedy The Change.
Death To Capitalism
08/06/2023 … A junior minister thinks he's come up with a new economic policy that might dismantle capitalism, in this new sketch from Joz Norris.
© Channel 4 Ofcom clears Frankie Boyle's royal family gag
It was clearly a joke, regulator tells complainants
08/06/2023 … Frankie Boyle’s joke about rioting in protest at the royal family has been cleared by TV watchdog Ofcom.
© Peter Dibdin Edinburgh Fringe 2023 programme launched
With 45,000 performances – a quarter fewer than in 2019
08/06/2023 … The programme for the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe has been published today – revealing that it will be about a quarter smaller than the last pre-pandemic event.