All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Dave Morris / Monkeywing/CC BY-SA 2.0 Low ticket sales and new lockdown fears blamed
16/07/2020 … Organisers have pulled the plug on a second raft of drive-in comedy ventures, blaming insufficient ticket sales.
16/07/2020 … New Zealand based comedian Urzila Carlson has joined the judging panel of The Masked Singer in Australia.
Comedy Store shows cancelled over local lockdown fears
15/07/2020 … A nationwide series of Comedy Store drive-in gigs has been cancelled over fears of further coronavirus flare-ups.
© Cave Bear/Tiger Aspect US streaming deal for BBC One comedy
15/07/2020 … BBC One comedy The Other One is to air in America.
Full summer of gigs in Central London
15/07/2020 … Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced a summer season of comedy shows, featuring the likes of Russell Brand, Jimmy Carr and Rob Beckett.
© Two Rivers 15/07/2020 … BBC Two is to air a Frankie Boyle stand-up special shot in his native Glasgow Excited For You To See And Hate This was filmed at the end…
© Avalon/Mark Harrison 15/07/2020 … The revived version of Spitting Image has been sold to Belgium.
Steve Coogan's production company staffs up
15/07/2020 … Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow has appointed a new comedy development producer.
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