Lee Evans returns to the stage
Performing Shakespeare at a refugee fundraiser
04/10/2017 … Lee Evans and Jack Whitehall are to perform scenes from Shakespeare’s plays in a one-off fundraiser.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 04 October 2017
© Sky News Simon Brodkin gives Theresa May her P45
Comic interrupts Tory conference
04/10/2017 … Simon Brodkin has pranked Theresa May – handing the Prime Minister a P45 on stage at the Tory Party conference.
More Radio 4 shows for Susan Calman
04/10/2017 … Radio 4 has renewed Susan Calman’s comedy show Keep Calman Carry On.
Ricky Gervais pens a comedy about a suicidal man
04/10/2017 … Ricky Gervais is making a comedy-drama for Netflix about a suicidal middle-aged man.
Ruby Wax tells you How To Be Human
New book from comedian and mental health campaigner
04/10/2017 … Ruby Wax is writing another psychology book, entitled How to Be Human: The Manual.
© BBC Matt Lucas: Little Britain was cruel
'I wouldn't play a black character or joke about transvestites again'
04/10/2017 … Matt Lucas has admitted Little Britain was ‘cruel’ – and says he wouldn’t make that kind of comedy again.
Radio 4 goes back to Hull And Back
New series for Lucy Beaumont sitcom
04/10/2017 … Radio 4 has ordered a third series of Lucy Beaumont’s sitcom To Hull And Back.
Phil Nichol joins West End musical
Playing a drag queen in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
04/10/2017 … Stand-up Phil Nichol has joined the cast of West End musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – playing a middle-aged drag queen called Hugo.