Jane's last Stand
06/06/2007 … Controversial Scottish stand-up Jane Mackay, one of the founders of The Stand comedy clubs, has announced her retirement from comedy.
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06/06/2007 … Controversial Scottish stand-up Jane Mackay, one of the founders of The Stand comedy clubs, has announced her retirement from comedy.
06/06/2007 … Comic Logan Murray is writing a book on how to be a stand-up – after giving hundreds of hopefuls their start in the business.
05/06/2007 … Simon Amstell is working on a sitcom based on his own upbringing in a Jewish family for BBC Two.
05/06/2007 … Hopes for a US version of The Thick Of It have been revived, despite the failure of a pilot episode.
04/06/2007 … Russell Brand has been let off the hook after more than 250 outraged viewers complained about his hosting of the Brit awards.
03/06/2007 … Divisions between northern and southern humour are eroding, according to a panel of comedy academics.
03/06/2007 … One show on this year's Edinburgh Fringe could win £5,000 and the chance to appear at the city's prestigious international festival - and it could go to a comics.
01/06/2007 … Working class heroes have all-but disappeared from comedy, as society becomes increasingly middle class.
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