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Wed 03 April 2024

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…

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.

AI George Carlin won't be seen again...

Lawsuit over late comic's fake special is settled

03/04/2024 … The estate of George Carlin has reached a settlement with the company that is said to have used AI to create an hour-long special in the late comic’s style.

Jo Brand: My father was violent towards me, but I'm over it

Undiagnosed depression led to a turbulent childhood

03/04/2024 … Jo Brand has spoken about the difficult, occasionally violent relationship she had with her father – who threw her out of home when she was 16 and started…