'Tears of a clown' films wow Sundance
Buzz for documentaries about stand-up
29/01/2015 … Documentaries about the psychology of stand-up are proving a hit at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Thu 29 January 2015
© Jill Furmanovsky First Fringe tickets go on sale
29/01/2015 … TICKETS have gone on sale for the first events at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Comic punches compere in the face
Watch as another US open mic night becomes a fight
29/01/2015 … A comedy audience were stunned after an open mic comic punched the compere in the face.
Will this US version of Cuckoo fly?
29/01/2015 … An American remake of BBC Three comedy Cuckoo is back on the cards.
Wed 28 January 2015
Fighting extremism with comedy videos
28/01/2015 … Police have signed up a YouTube comedian Humza Arshad in a bid to combat Muslim radicalisation.
Ghostbusters reboot: It's girl-on-ghoul action
28/01/2015 … THE cast of the new all-female Ghostbusters reboot has been revealed.
Catastrophe strikes again
Channel 4 orders a second series
28/01/2015 … Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of Catastrophe, just two weeks into its initial run.
Superbob flies at comedy film fest
Award for Brett Goldstein's superhero
28/01/2015 … Suberbob – a film starring stand-up Brett Goldstein as a very British superhero – has won a top award at the London Comedy Film Festival.