Red tape could kill live comedy
15/10/2008 … Publicans are fighting planned new rules that could effectively kill off the live comedy circuit.
Wed 15 October 2008
Laurel & Hardy statue finds a home
...four years after it was made
15/10/2008 … Council chiefs have finally found a location for a bronze statue of Laurel and Hardy – four years after the sculpture was finished.
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15/10/2008 … THE MIGHTY BOOSH are to announce a second date at London's O2 Arena – December 18.
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15/10/2008 … NEWCASTLE-based comic Carl Hutchinson (video) has been named 'pub comedian of the year' in a competition sponsored by Magners.
It's the Kay-ser Chiefs
Kay performs at another music gig
15/10/2008 … Peter Kay has unexpectedly taken to the stage during another music gig.
Tue 14 October 2008
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14/10/2008 … EDDIE IZZARD has just added four new dates to his sold-out West End run of Stripped, December 20-23.
TV spin-off for Down The Line
Whitehouse & Higson's new show
14/10/2008 … Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson are working on a TV spin-off from their spoof Radio 4 phone-in, Down The Line.
'This show is terrifying'
Why Simon Day feels nakes without his characters to hide behind
14/10/2008 … After 18 years as a comic, you might think you’d take a tour in your stride.