Mawaan Rizwan joins the Rocky Horror Show
Comic to play the narrator in London run
08/08/2024 … Mawaan Rizwan is to star in the stage version of the Rocky Horror Show when it hits London’s West End next month.
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Thu 08 August 2024
Jennifer Saunders climbs onto The Magic Faraway Tree
08/08/2024 … Jennifer Saunders has been cast in the upcoming film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s children's classic, The Magic Faraway Tree.
Scottish comedy stalwart Ron Bain dies at 79
Actor and director behind several hit shows
08/08/2024 … Ron Bain, who appeared in a swathe of Scottish TV comedies in the 1980s has died aged 79.
Wed 07 August 2024
© Trevor Leighton Jack Whitehall’s fortune grows by £2m
New accounts show a good year his company
07/08/2024 … Jack Whitehall’s fortune has grown by almost £2million in a year.
© BBC Comedians, ready? Stand-ups to take on the Gladiators
Rob Beckett, Joel Dommett and Ellie Taylor join Louise Minchin in celeb special
07/08/2024 … Comedians Rob Beckett, Joel Dommett and Ellie Taylor are to take on the Gladiators in a new celebrity special.
Tue 06 August 2024
© Leanna Bates Filming wraps on Mitch Hedberg film
More than 100 friends, comics and fans interviewed for documentary
06/08/2024 … Filming has wrapped on a comprehensive documentary chronicling the life of American comedian Mitch Hedberg.
© Netflix/Avalon Release date for Phil Wang’s second Netflix stand-up special
Wang In There, Baby! recorded in a candlelit theatre
06/08/2024 … Phil Wang’s second Netflix stand-up special Wang In There, Baby! is to be released on September 3, it has been announced.
Fringe comics picked to perform for TV executives
New schemes ties in with telly fest
06/08/2024 … Ten Fringe comedians have been picked to have their work showcased to executives at the Edinburgh TV festival.