Eddie Izzard to take Hamlet on tour
04/03/2025 … Eddie Izzard is to tour her solo version of Hamlet this autumn, taking on 23 characters.
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Tue 04 March 2025
© HBO C4 pass on James Acaster’s People Person game show
After a disastrous pilot recording
04/03/2025 … Channel 4 won’t be airing James Acaster’s game show People Person after the pilot was deemed a disaster.
Radio 4 comedy producer Bill Dare dies
Accident claims the life of the creator of The Now Show, Dead Ringers and more
04/03/2025 … Comedy producer Bill Dare – the creator of Radio 4’s Now Show and Dead Ringers – has died in a caraccident abroad at the age of 64.
Mon 03 March 2025
Meet the first Chortle Student Comedy Award 2025 finalist
Robert Mac an Tuile wins in Edinburgh
03/03/2025 … Irish comedian Robert Mac an Tuile is the first finalist in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Jordan Gray unveils her new show
Follow-up to the blockbuster Is It A Bird?
03/03/2025 … Jordan Gray has announced her follow up to her breakthrough show, Is It A Bird?, after it aired on Channel 4 on Friday.
Sun 02 March 2025
Russell Brand sued over sexual abuse allegations
02/03/2025 … Russell Brand is being sued over sexual abuse allegations, in the first known case brought against him.
Daniel Kitson to host a month of Resonance FM fundraisers
02/03/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,691 events Chortle currently has listed.
Rob Beckett’s Smart TV is back
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
02/03/2025 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Monday March 3 RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES: Harriet Kemsley and Sara Pascoe…