All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Playing a drag queen she meets in a gay bar
17/05/2018 … Richard Gadd is to appear as a drag queen in the TV film about the night Kenny Everett and Freddie Mercury smuggled Princess Diana into a gay cabaret bar dressed…
© Eva Rinaldi/CC BY-SA 2.0 US comedy based on 1D star's early life
17/05/2018 … Harry Styles’ life is to be turned into a sitcom.
New Fringe shows announced today
17/05/2018 … The last major tranche of Edinburgh Fringe shows are going on sale today – and here are some of the highlights of the new batch: Max & Ivan –…
© Jill Furmanovsky Two specials for release this year
16/05/2018 … Scottish comic Daniel Sloss is to release two stand-up specials on Netflix.
© Luigi Novi/CC BY-SA 3.0 Wodehouse prize for comedy books dropped after failing to raise a laugh
16/05/2018 … An annual award for comic novels has been dropped this year – after judges said none of this year's entries were funny enough.
To be taped at Montreal's Just For Laughs
16/05/2018 … Katherine Ryan is to return to her native Canada to host a new stand-up show.
Second TV series announced today...
16/05/2018 … Aisling Bea is to star in yet another TV comedy, with the announcement coming just a couple of hours after Channel 4 confirmed her own series.
Comic is among this year's celebrity line-up
16/05/2018 … Zoe Lyons has been announced as part of the line-up for this year’s Celebrity MasterChef.
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