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As Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
29/10/2023 … Ghosts star Mathew Baynton is to make his debut with the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Bottom in a new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Skinner in the West End and the rest of the week's best live comedy
29/10/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,127 events Chortle currently has listed.
Comic's cancer diaries, and the rest of the week's broadcast comedy
29/10/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week…: Monday October 30 RHOD GILBERT: A PAIN IN THE NECK FOR SU2C: With the help of intimate…
Tributes paid to troubled star
29/10/2023 … Friends star Matthew Perry has died at the age of 54.
© Johan Persson Sitcom spin-off to play 30 cities in 2024-2025
27/10/2023 … Only Fools and Horses The Musical is to embark on a UK tour next year, after more than 1,000 performances in the West End.
...as this year's event claims a box office record
27/10/2023 … Registrations have opened for the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
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.
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.
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