Richard Herring: Why I'm skipping Edinburgh
...and performing 12 different solo shows in London instead
13/05/2015 … Richard Herring has confirmed his plans to skip Edinburgh this year and instead perform 12 different hour-long shows in London.
2015 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 13 May 2015
We ain't afraid of no ghost!
Comics to spend the night in a haunted house
13/05/2015 … It sounds like the premise for a B-movie… but a group of comedians are to spend the night in a haunted house.
Tue 12 May 2015
Have I Got (devolved) News For You?
Scotland to get its own topical comedy panel show
12/05/2015 … Scotland is to get a topical news quiz billed as its own version of Have I Got News For You.
Was this Mohammed joke stolen?
Saturday Night Live in new plagiarism row
12/05/2015 … Legendary American sketch show Saturday Night Live has been accused of plagiarising a joke about depicting the Prophet Mohammed.
Hundreds of Edinburgh shows go on sale
12/05/2015 … HUNDREDS of Edinburgh Fringe shows went on sale yesterday, in the second stage of the programme release.
Mon 11 May 2015
Comic explores the mysteries of Wales
...with Goldie Lookin Chain rapper Eggsy
11/05/2015 … Stand-up Mike Bubbins is to star alongside Goldie Looking Chain rapper Eggsy in a new radio series investigating mysterious phenomenon.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? makes a comeback
Official revival for West End stage
11/05/2015 … Whose Line Is It Anyway? is making a comeback – as a live show in London’s West End.
Stephen Toast wins a Bafta
So too do Detectorists and Jessica Hynes
11/05/2015 … Matt Berry, Jessica Hynes and Mackenzie Crooks’ BBC Four comedy Detectorists all won Batas tonight.