Let's erect a plaque to Barry Cryer
Calls for comic to be remembered at Mornington Crescent
04/02/2022 … Calls are growing for Barry Cryer to be commemorated with a blue plaque at Mornington Crescent underground station in London.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 04 February 2022
Thu 03 February 2022
© ITV ITV2 orders wrestling comedy from Max & Ivan
Deep Heat's guest stars will include Matt Lucas and John Thomson
03/02/2022 … Comedy duo Max & Ivan are making a wrestling comedy for ITV2.
© Maximilian Bühn/CC BY-SA 4.0 Geoffrey Rush to play Groucho Marx
New biopic about the comedian’s later life
03/02/2022 … Geoffrey Rush is set to play Groucho Marx in a movie about the comedian’s later life.
LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year competition is back
03/02/2022 … Entries have opened for the Comedy Bloomers LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year competition 2022.
Kids In The Hall documentary coming to Amazon Prime
Featuring unseen footage of the Canadian comedy pioneers
03/02/2022 … Amazon Prime Video has picked up a two-part documentary about Canadian comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
© John Korn Comedian's oil paintings go on show
Otiz Cannelloni's tributes to his comedy heroes
03/02/2022 … A stand-up who turned to painting his comedy heroes to get through lockdown has landed his first exhibition.
© Netflix Charlie Booker creates interactive cartoon Cat Burglar
Bojack Horseman writers collaborate on Netflix show
03/02/2022 … Charlie Brooker has created an interactive’ cartoon for Netflix, inspired by Tex Avery's Looney Tunes.
Wed 02 February 2022
Ricky Tomlinson returns to the stage
In musical comedy Irish Annie’s
02/02/2022 … Ricky Tomlinson is to return to the stage in a new musical comedy that celebrates Irish culture.