All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Gilded Balloon introduces voluntary scheme
12/07/2023 … Edinburgh Fringe venue Gilded Balloon has announced a ‘Support the Artist’ scheme – meaning festival-goers can choose to pay an extra £2…
© Wall to Wall 'I'm pretty annoyed I didn't know this,' comic says of Who Do You Think You Are? findings
12/07/2023 … Chris Ramsey has discovered his ancestors’ war records while filming Who Do You Think You Are? – and said he was ‘annoyed’ his family kept…
© BBC/Lingo Catherine Tate comedy continues to struggle
12/07/2023 … Catherine Tate’s new sitcom Queen Of Oz has now shed more than 70 per cent of its audience.
Remixing some of the stand-up hits
11/07/2023 … Eddie Izzard has announced an autumn tour – offering revamped versions of the greatest hits of her 35-year stand-up career.
11/07/2023 … David Baddiel is to return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time in ten years, it has been announced.
Foodmaster being piloted next week
11/07/2023 … Ed Gamble is hosting a food-related Taskmaster spin-off that could become a new Channel 4 series.
© David Monteith-Hodge 11/07/2023 … The Edinburgh Fringe has an app, for the first time in four years.
Comic claims AI tool – and Meta's similar bot – learned from illegally copying her book
10/07/2023 … Sarah Silverman is suing the companies behind two of the most powerful AI engines for stealing her work.
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