All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
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.
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.
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…
Comic to play Andy Kaufman's alter-ego, and his pal Bob Zmuda
02/04/2024 … American comic Tom Segura is reportedly lined up to star in a forthcoming film about Andy Kaufman’s alter-ego Tony Clifton.
The Chair Company revolves around a conspiracy
02/04/2024 … Cult sketch comic Tim Robinson is set to star in a new comedy show about a man investigating a conspiracy.
© ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo Comedians depicted clash of old comics and new sensibilities
02/04/2024 … Trevor Griffiths, the dramatist who foresaw the rise of the alternative comedy scene with his groundbreaking play Comedians, has died at the age of 88.
Ian Smith and Amy Gledhill's podcast returns
02/04/2024 … Ian Smith and Amy Gledhill are taking their comedy podcast Northern News on the road.
New host of The Conversation, about impressive women
02/04/2024 … Comedian, explorer, palaeoanthropologist and evolutionary biologist Ella Al-Shamahi has become co-host of the BBC World Service programme The Conversation.
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