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© Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Laughterhouse takes over Eric's in Liverpool
19/10/2015 … One of Liverpool's most important music venues has been converted into a purpose-built comedy club.
18/10/2015 … Stand-up David Morgan is to join the hosting team on reality TV spin-off series I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here Now! He replaces fellow comic Rob Beckett…
© BBC/Balloon Entertainment/Colin Hutton 
Memoirs to be published next year
16/10/2015 … Amy Schumer's memoirs are to be published in the UK in a deal worth 'well into six figures'.
16/10/2015 … Catherine Tate is considering her first live tour, possibly as early as this spring.
Palin slams 'stupid and selfish' act
16/10/2015 … Thieves are thought to have stolen a blue plaque celebrating Monty Python's Graham Chapman.
16/10/2015 … •'I can't imagine anyone going to a John Oliver show is going to be a prick.
Comics tour with musical next year
16/10/2015 … Jason Manford and Phill Jupitus are to star in the 2016 UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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