Ten new Jongleurs by 2011
Original owners have big plans
02/11/2009 … The founders of Jongleurs plan to open ten new comedy venues in the next two years.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 02 November 2009
Norby West dies
Britain's oldest alternative stand-up was 80
02/11/2009 … Norby West, the stand-up billed as the oldest alternative comedian on the circuit, has died of pneumonia at the age of 80.
Sun 01 November 2009
Adlington: Boyle got off too lightly
01/11/2009 … Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Adlington says Frankie Boyle was not punished enough for his ‘humiliating’ joke about her – and has called on the BBC Trust to…
Building Bridges
Kevin to play 10,000-seat SECC
01/11/2009 … Scottish comic Kevin Bridges – who performed in a tiny 50-capacity venue at this year's Edinburgh Fringe – is to play the 10,000-seater Glasgow SECC next year.
Fri 30 October 2009
Theatre drops anti-semitic comic
Dieudonné's London show cancelled
30/10/2009 … French comedian Dieudonne’s London show has been axed in the wake of his fine for antisemtic comments.
Lady Gaga brouhaha
30/10/2009 … Vic Reeves and wife Nancy Sorrell have been crowned the sexiest glasses-wearing celebrities.
Goodbye Jongleurs (for now)
30/10/2009 … Every remaining Jongleurs comedy club is to be rebranded under a new name.
Thu 29 October 2009
© 20th Century Fox Borat legal action rumbles on
29/10/2009 … Unwitting stars of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat movie have launched a new legal challenge against the filmmakers.