Matilda The Musical announces UK tour
11/04/2017 … Tim Minchin’s Matilda The Musical will embark on a tour of Britain and Ireland from next year.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 11 April 2017
Amazon's new show, set on the 1950s stand-up circuit
Two series of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ordered
11/04/2017 … Amazon has ordered a new comedy series based around a fictional female stand-up pioneer.
© YouTube/Giants Comedy Will Hislop takes Musical Comedy crown
11/04/2017 … Will Hislop has won this year’s Musical Comedy Award.
© Rose d'Or John Cleese returns to the BBC
New sitcom with Alison Steadman
11/04/2017 … The BBC has confirmed that John Cleese is returning to the corporation with a new sitcom called Edith.
Liver Birds: The Musical
Seventies sitcom gets a new treatment
11/04/2017 … Seventies sitcom The Liver Birds is being turned into a stage musical.
© BBC/House of Tomorrow Cunk, Fleabag and McIntyre lead Bafta nods
11/04/2017 … Philomena Cunk is up for two Baftas.
Mon 10 April 2017
Panti Bliss sells her story
Drag queen's tale being developed for TV
10/04/2017 … The man behind Irish drag queen Panti Bliss has sold the rights to his story to a TV production company.
Revealed: What the BBC's comedy chief wants to make
Shane Allen gives his commissioning wish-list
10/04/2017 … BBC comedy chief Shane Allen has revealed his wish-list for new shows – with a family-friendly sitcom for BBC One a priority.