'Slash Fringe venue costs'
Festival's plea to city council
04/05/2013 … Edinburgh Fringe bosses have urged the city council to slash the cost of licencing venues for the festival.
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Sat 04 May 2013
Fri 03 May 2013
A bigger Belly
Underbelly lands new Edinburgh venue
03/05/2013 … The Underbelly is further expanding its Edinburgh Fringe operation, with a brand new 200-seat venue.
Stewart Francis ready to quit stand-up
03/05/2013 … Stewart Francis wants to quit stand-up to become a cartoonist.
Caitlin Moran pens sitcom
03/05/2013 … Caitlin Moran has written a semi-autobiographical sitcom pilot for Channel 4 about a single mother raising six, home-schooled children in Wolverhampton.
The Mimic makes a second impression
03/05/2013 … Channel 4 has ordered a second series of The Mimic.
'No bigger than a catflap'
03/05/2013 … ‘It would be an insult to my audience if the show related to the title.
Rick Shapiro has Parkinson's
03/05/2013 … American comic Rick Shapiro has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
Thu 02 May 2013
Greenwich comedy fest on the move
02/05/2013 … The Greenwich Comedy Festival is to move five miles across London, to a new home in Brick Lane.