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Phoebe Waller-Bridge comedy sold to Latin America
23/01/2020 … Fleabag is going to South America.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 23 January 2020
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Comic flees Russia as police close in
'I'm scared, but not surprised' admits comic facing probe into the jokes
23/01/2020 … A Russian comedian has been forced to flee his homeland after his jokes attracted the attention of the police.
Dave orders a second slice of Sliced
Samson Kayo's pizza-delivery sitcom gets another series
23/01/2020 … Dave has ordered a second series of Sliced, the comedy starring Samson Kayo and Theo Barklem Biggs as pizza delivery guys.
Wed 22 January 2020
Comedy festival wins grant to target older people
22/01/2020 … Leicester Comedy Festival has received a £20,000 grant to create more shows for older people.
Terry Jones dies at 77
Four years after his dementia diagnosis
22/01/2020 … Michael Palin, Eric Idle and John Cleese are among those who have paid tribute to their Monty Python colleague Terry Jones after he died at the age of…
© Andrew Perry Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer heads to the West End
Comedian's 'terrifying' show then transfers to New York
22/01/2020 … Richard Gadd’s acclaimed one-man show Baby Reindeer is heading to London’s West End.
© BBC Comedy Central orders a series from transgender comic Jordan Gray
Sketches set in a supermarket night shift
22/01/2020 … Transgender stand-up Jordan Gray has landed her own series of shorts of Comedy Central.
Touts offer Dave Chappelle tickets – for £417
Instant bid to cash in on intimate London gigs
22/01/2020 … Greedy touts are already asking more than £400 for tickets to see Dave Chappelle in London.