Remembering Charlie Williams
A tight 5: June 12
POET Ian McMillan is to present a radio documentary about professional footballer turned TV comedy star Charlie Williams, one of the first black British stand-ups to make it into the mainstream through shows such as The Comedians. Hello Me Old Flower will air on Radio 4 on July 2.
NINA CONTI is to make her West End debut. She will be performing her largely improvised ventriloquism show In Your Face at the Lyric Shaftesbury Avenue on November 30 as part of a nationwide autumn tour. Dates and tickets.
GASPING, the short film starring Frankie Boyle as an alcoholic who's offered a job at a distillery, is to be get its European the Edinburgh International Film Festival next week. Directed by Still Game's Greg Hempill, it will be part of a programme that also features Karen Gillan's Coward, airing on June 19 Details. Gasping had its world premier at the Los Angeles Comedy Festival in November.
SUSAN CALMAN's last show, Lady Like, has been released as an audio and video by independent comedy label Go Faster Stripe. Details are here.Stephen Merchant is to be the first guest on The Last Leg when it returns for a sixth series on June 26, Channel 4 has announced.
Published: 12 Jun 2015
