E4 buys US comedy evoking the 80s fitness craze
19/04/2018 … E4 has bought the rights to US sitcom Let’s Get Physical, whose cast features Dr Quinn Medicine Woman star Jane Seymour.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 19 April 2018
Nerds on film
Science comedy team to tape a new DVD
19/04/2018 … Festival Of The Spoken Nerd are to release their latest show You Can’t Polish A Nerd on DVD.
© Just For Laughs Jimmy Carr announces Montreal run
As part of Just For Laughs festival
19/04/2018 … Jimmy Carr is to perform a run of his solo show at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival this summer.
Wed 18 April 2018
© Harald Krichel/CC BY-SA 4.0 Idris Elba to star in Netflix comedy
18/04/2018 … Idris Elba is to star as a DJ in a semi-autobiographical comedy for Netflix.
© Just For Laughs Andy Kindler joins comedy movie
Playing a trainer in The Fiddling Horse
18/04/2018 … Comedian Andy Kindler is set to star in The Fiddling Horse, a new dark comedy movie from director CJ Wallis.
Richard Herring signs a book deal for his Emergency Questions
Biggest volume yet out in October
18/04/2018 … Richard Herring has landed a publishing deal for his Emergency Questions.
© travelmag.com/CC BY-SA 2.0 TV goes inside the Comedy Cellar
For new series based around the legendary comics' table
18/04/2018 … A new TV show is to be filmed around the famed ‘comics’ table’ at New York’s Comedy Cellar.
Tue 17 April 2018
Melbourne comedy festival reveals its 2018 best newcomer shortlist
Including the British-based creator of Gary Starr
17/04/2018 … London-based actor Damien Warren-Smith has been shortlisted for best newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.