NextUp to stream live Comedy Store gigs
New deal for subscription platform
07/09/2021 … Stand-up streaming platform NextUp has signed a deal with London's Comedy Store to bring their shows live to subscribers’ homes.
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Tue 07 September 2021
John Challis reveals cancer diagnosis
Only Fools star, 79, cancels live tour
07/09/2021 … Only Fools And Horses star John Challis has been secretly living with cancer for two years, it has been revealed, as the actor cancelled his live tour.
© BBC Three Welsh Bafta nods for Rhod Gilbert
Thanks to his Work Experience and Stand Up To Infertility shows
07/09/2021 … Rhod Gilbert has been nominated for three Welsh Bafta awards.
Mon 06 September 2021
© Faye Thomas Phoebe Waller-Bridge quits Mr & Mrs Smith
'Creative differences' lead to walkout
06/09/2021 … Phoebe Waller-Bridge has left the reboot of Mr & Mrs Smith, it has been reported.
1970s sitcom star Tony Selby dies at 83
Actor's credits include Get Some In
06/09/2021 … Actor Tony Selby – who starred in1970s sitcom Get Some In – has died at the age of 83.
Meet this year's Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists
06/09/2021 … The long-delayed final of the latest Chortle Student Comedy Awards take place later this month.
West End run for spoof woke warrior Titania McGrath
Alice Marshall brings Andrew Doyle's radical character to the London stage
06/09/2021 … Spoof woke warrior Titania McGrath is to play the West End.
Stand-up Phil Jerrod dies of cancer
'An incredibly kind and talented man, who was taken far too soon'
06/09/2021 … Stand-up comedian Phil Jerrod has died of cancer at the age of 42.