Trevor Noah announces rescheduled tour
New dates in London, Glasgow and Dublin
01/04/2020 … Trevor Noah has announced rescheduled UK and Ireland dates The Daily Show host pulled his Loud & Clear tour at the last minute last month, becoming one of…
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 01 April 2020
Comedian Ashley Blaker to perform in an empty theatre
Despite government advice to curb non-essential travel
01/04/2020 … Comedian Ashley Blaker is to stage a theatre show with no audience this weekend – despite government instructions that non-essential workers should not travel.
Comedy duo win £1,000 video prize
Success for the Awkward Silence
01/04/2020 … Comedy duo The Awkward Silence have won a national comedy competition, bagging a £1,000 prize for their video sketch.
Edinburgh Fringe cancelled: Statements from the 'big 4'
'We will return with a renewed purpose. We will persevere.'
01/04/2020 … The 'big 4' Edinburgh venues have all issued their own statements in the wake of its afternoon's news that the Edinburgh Fringe is not going ahead as…
Edinburgh Fringe cancellation: Questions and Answers
As issued by the Festival Fringe Society
01/04/2020 … Following today's announcement that the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe would not be going ahead in anything like its normal form, the Festival Fringe Society, which puts…
Edinburgh's free shows cancelled too
But a slimmed-down Fringe MAY be possible
01/04/2020 … Edinburgh’s Free Fringe and Free Festival says they too will be cancelling all their shows for this year’s Fringe.
Funny Women 2020 opens for entries
Most the judging to take place online
01/04/2020 … Entries have opened for this year’s Funny Women Award.
I'm not racist, insists comic who likened Rishi Sunak to Buster Keaton dressed as a monkey
Earl Okin defiant amid Facebook storm
01/04/2020 … Veteran comedian Earl Okin has sparked a racism storm after posting a photograph likening Chancellor Rishi Sunak to Buster Keaton dressed as a monkey.