Go Faster Stripe to release stand-up specials for free
Starting with Joe Wells and Wil Hodgson
27/10/2023 … Independent comedy label Go Faster Stripe is starting to release stand-up specials for free on YouTube.
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Fri 27 October 2023
Thu 26 October 2023
Comedy agent Kitty Laing demoted in antisemitic tweet row
But she will continue to represent her acts
26/10/2023 … Leading comedy agent Kitty Laing is to lose her senior roles after retweeting incendiary posts about the Israel-Hamas conflict.
© BBC Lost episodes of classic Eric Sykes and Terry Scott sitcoms discovered
...but still dozens are missing
26/10/2023 … Two lost episodes of 1960s sitcoms have been rediscovered in private collections.
© Raphael Neal New tour for Catherine Bohart
Soho Theatre run and 25 other dates for Again, With Feelings
26/10/2023 … Catherine Bohart has announced a 2024 tour Her new show Again, With Feelings kicks off with 12 nights at London’s Soho Theatre in March, followed by 24…
Jen Brister’s The Optimist to be released as a stand-up special
First as 'pay what you want'... then for free
26/10/2023 … Jen Brister’s latest stand-up show The Optimist is to be put out as a special next month.
Work set to start on Colin From Accounts series 2
Production had stalled over Hollywood writers strike
26/10/2023 … Production is to start on the second series of Colin From Accounts ‘in the coming months’.
© Channel 4/Avalon Kiell Smith-Bynoe takes over The Great British Sewing Bee
As Sara Pascoe welcomes her second child
26/10/2023 … Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe is to take over from Sara Pascoe as host of The Great British Sewing Bee.
Wed 25 October 2023
Jessica Fostekew announces 2024 tour
25/10/2023 … Jessica Fostekew has announced her biggest tour so far, with 40 dates of her new show Mettle across the UK next year.