© Two Rivers Glasgow Comedy Festival breaks records
04/04/2024 … This year’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival has been hailed as the most successful yet, with more than 50,000 tickets sold.
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© Alex Lake Romesh Ranganathan and Natasia Demetriou cast in 1984
New audio version starring Andrew Garfield
04/04/2024 … Romesh Ranganathan and Natasia Demetriou have been cast in a new audio adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984.
Arrest after comic subjected to racial abuse
Hecklers hurl bigoted slurs at President Obonjo
04/04/2024 … A man has been arrested after a comedian was subjected to a barrage of racial abuse on stage, causing the gig to be halted.
Wed 03 April 2024
© Netflix Controversial comic Matt Rife punished with a major new Netflix deal
Two more specials and a possible sitcom
03/04/2024 … Controversial comic Matt Rife has signed a new deal with Netflix to release two stand-up specials and develop a new sitcom.
Jack Tucker returns to London
First solo shows in five years, following a hit New York run
03/04/2024 … Zach Zucker is bringing his desperate, hack comedian alter-ego Jack Tucker back to London for his first solo shows in five years.
Tiger Aspect gets a new comedy chief
Tom Jordan previously produced BBC One sitcom Here We Go
03/04/2024 … Tiger Aspect - the production company behind the likes of Man Like Mobeen, Bad Education and Peaky Blinders – has appointed Tom Jordan as its new creative…
© UKTV Court showdown in Moth Club copyright case
Comic Harry Deansway claims Steve Coogan's company copied his ideas
03/04/2024 … The copyright case alleging that Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow ‘blatantly copied’ the elements of its Dave show Live At The Moth Club…
Edinburgh's Keep It Fringe fund expands
360 shows will each receive £2,500 help over the next two years
03/04/2024 … Organisers of the Edinburgh Fringe are to give £2,500 grants to 360 shows over the next two years after winning UK government funding.