'You dumb motherf****r, I'm off limits'
23/10/2015 … • 'No one ever has a good experience in a stadium,' Rob Newman, the first comic to play a UK arena gig (with David Baddiel).
2015 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 23 October 2015
Sharon Horgan triumphs at Irish awards
23/10/2015 … SHARON HORGAN won two Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin last night: for best female performance and for best writer in the oddly combined ‘soap or comedy’…
Jack Whitehall to host Royal Variety show
And trio of comics on the bill
23/10/2015 … Jack Whitehall is to host this year’s Royal Variety Performance, becoming the youngest ever person to take on the task.
Thu 22 October 2015
Julia Davis directs her first sitcom
She also stars in Sky Atlantic's Camping
22/10/2015 … Julia Davis has directed her first sitcom.
Comedy clubs bounce back from recession
22/10/2015 … America's comedy club industry is worth £200million after bouncing back from the recession.
Wed 21 October 2015
Live At The Apollo loses its BBC One slot
Next series to launch on BBC Two
21/10/2015 … Live At The Apollo is to lose its prime BBC One slot and be shifted to BBC Two.
John Bishop is UK's top-earning comic
And Seinfeld tops worldwide list
21/10/2015 … John Bishop was the UK's highest-earning comedian last year, netting more than £5million.
Comics unite to aid refugees
21/10/2015 … GREG DAVIES, Russell Howard, Dara O Brain and Jack Whitehall are to take part in a major comedy benefit to raise funds to help the refugee crisis.