Coronavirus update: March 17
Today's cancellations in brief
17/03/2020 … Nick Helm has postponed his upcoming Phoenix from the Flames tour.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 17 March 2020
Despite it all, more Edinburgh Fringe shows go on sale
Including Simon Amstell, Jason Manford and Reginald D Hunter
17/03/2020 … It may not be the right time to be thinking of it – but a new tranche of shows have just gone on sale for this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
© Gareth James/CC BY-SA 2.0 Machynlleth Comedy Festival cancelled
Coronavirus lockdown claims popular event
17/03/2020 … The Machynlleth Comedy Festival has been cancelled because of the ongoing coronavirus.
Mon 16 March 2020
Comedy is cancelled
No10 tells everyone to avoid pubs, clubs and theatres
16/03/2020 … Boris Johnson has effectively cancelled all live comedy for the foreseeable future by calling for an end to ‘all unnecessary social contact’ to combat…
Community comes to Netflix
...which also announces air date for last Schitt's Creek series
16/03/2020 … All six seasons of Community are coming to Netflix, the streaming giant has announced.
Tom Rosenthal pulls the rest of his tour
Spate of new coronavirus cancellations
16/03/2020 … Tom Rosenthal has become the latest comedian to pull his tour dates because of the coronavirus.
Now it's Mel and LOU
Comic Sanders joins Giedroyc’s panel show
16/03/2020 … Lou Sanders is to be the sidekick on Mel Giedroyc’s new entertainment show Unforgivable, the Dave channel has announced.
No go in Glasgow
Biggest shows of the festival called off
16/03/2020 … The biggest shows at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival have been pulled as the coronavirus lockdown tightens.