Underbelly launches Fringe fundraiser
...backed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
04/08/2020 … Major Edinburgh Fringe operator Underbelly has launched a fundraiser for the performers who were due to appear at its venues this year.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 04 August 2020
© Idil Sukan It's the Shedinburgh Fringe!
Comedians in another virtual festival to help fill the gapp
04/08/2020 … Sara Pascoe, Mark Thomas and Rosie Jones are among the comedians taking part in another virtual festival aiming to help fill the void left by the cancellation of…
Mon 03 August 2020
Piff The Magic Dragon wins Tournament of Laughs
03/08/2020 … Piff The Magic Dragon has been crowned winner of the Tournament of Laughs comedy competition run by America’s TBS TV network.
Aberdeen comedy festival called off
October gigs called off as social distancing makes it unviable
03/08/2020 … The Aberdeen International Comedy Festival, due to take place from October 1 to 11, has been called off.
More comics reschedule tours
Autumn's starting to look very barren...
03/08/2020 … More comedians have rescheduled their planned autumn tours until 2021.
Romesh Ranganathan takes over as League Of Their Own host
For six of the next eight episodes
03/08/2020 … Romesh Ranganathan has effectively taken over as host of Sky panel show A League of Their Own.
Line-up revealed for Comedy Central's virtual Fringe
Jamali Maddix to introduced ten comedians
03/08/2020 … Comedy Central has revealed the host and line-up of rising comedians who will star in the digital series it is making in lieu of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Jamali…
Sun 02 August 2020
© BBC/Objective Fiction Matt Berry returns as rogue historian Michael Squeamish
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
02/08/2020 … Monday August 3 TRAVEL MAN: Richard Ayoade’s globetrotting series arrives on Dave for the first time, with ten episodes stripped in double bills at the…