Pubs urged to stage live shows
Equity campaign includes comedy
06/09/2014 … Performers' union Equity has launched a campaign to persuade pubs to promote live shows including comedy nights.
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Sat 06 September 2014
Comic faces prosecution for justifying terrorism
06/09/2014 … French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala is facing prosecution for ‘justification of terrorism’ after making a video about the execution of Western journalists…
Fri 05 September 2014
'I would have been laughing at Auschwitz'
05/09/2014 … • ‘We don’t apologise for a joke.
HBO role for Rob Brydon
And Michelle Gomez, who'll play his wife
05/09/2014 … Rob Brydon’s American career is to get a boost after he landed a guest role on HBO’s new comedy series The Brink.
Joan Rivers autopsy inconclusive
05/09/2014 … An autopsy on Joan Rivers has proved inconclusive.
Thu 04 September 2014
Tributes to Joan Rivers
Comic passes away in hospital at 81
04/09/2014 … Joan Rivers has died in a New York hospital, a week after being admitted after she went into cardiac arrested and stopped breathing.
Frankie Boyle takes on Scottish independence
04/09/2014 … Frankie Boyle is returning for the BBC in a one-off comedy show about the Scottish referendum.
Dylan Moran announces 2015 tour
04/09/2014 … Dylan Moran and Lee Nelson have announced tours for next year.