From the ashes
New venue for Gilded Balloon site
20/02/2007 … A tented village of Fringe venues is to be created on the site of Edinburgh’s old Gilded Balloon.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 20 February 2007
'Paddy' whacked
McGuinness acts against MySpace fake
20/02/2007 … Phoenix Nights star Patrick McGuinness has taken legal action after a fan posed as him on MySpace.
The lying game
Mack joins Pants On Fire panel
20/02/2007 … Lee Mack is to be a regular on the first BBC panel show to be fronted by Angus Deayton since his career was hit by a string of tabloid revelations.
Sun 18 February 2007
Clueless
18/02/2007 … BBC bosses have scuppered plans for a stage tour of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue.
Sat 17 February 2007
Richards shuns 'show trial'
17/02/2007 … Seinfeld star Michael Richards has refused to attend a mock trial with the four black people he racially insulted at a comedy club, fearing the event will be a media…
Fri 16 February 2007
© BBC Cpt Wanker and the flashers
16/02/2007 … Arthur Smith’s first choice of stage name when registering with actors’ union Equity was ‘Captain Wanker’.
© Working Title The buzz about Fuzz
16/02/2007 … Simon Pegg’s cop spoof Hot Fuzz took almost £1m in its first day of release in the UK alone.
Gamble pays off
Chortle's first student finalist
16/02/2007 … Durham Revue member Ed Gamble won the first heat of Chortle’s student comedy contest last night.