Helen Bauer and Huge Davies to film stand-up speicals
For release on 800 Pound Gorilla label
15/06/2022 … Helen Bauer and Huge Davies are to film their latest solo shows as stand-up specials.
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Wed 15 June 2022
Can you Amuse the Moose?
2022 Fringe award open for entries
15/06/2022 … Entries have opened for this year’s Amused Moose Comedy Awards.
Tue 14 June 2022
Line-up announced for Just For Laughs Toronto 2022
Trevor Noah, Amy Schumer, Pete Davidson and many more...
14/06/2022 … Just For Laughs has announced the line-up for its Toronto festival, including Trevor Noah, John Mulaney, Amy Schumer, Issa Rae and Pete Davidson.
Femmes of Color launches a comedy podcast
14/06/2022 … Kemah Bob is launching a new podcast based on her Femmes of Color live comedy night.
© George Grimes Margaret Thatcher writes teenage fiction
...or at least the comedian who played her on Spitting Image does
14/06/2022 … For 12 years, he voiced Margaret Thatcher in Spitting Image – now Steve Nallon is publishing his first novel.
Goodbye Baz: how stars celebrated the life of Barry Cryer
Gags and anecdotes galore at West End tribute
14/06/2022 … Friends, fans and family of Barry Cryer gathered in London’s West End last night to remember the great gagsmith at a star-studded memorial gig.
Adam Kay to judge storyteller award
For best self-published fiction on Kindle
14/06/2022 … Doctor turned comedian turned author Adam Kay has joined the judging panel for this year’s Kindle Storyteller Award.
Seinfeld actor Philip Baker Hall dies at 90
Other roles include Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bojack Horseman
14/06/2022 … American character actor Philip Baker Hall, whose roles include Seinfeld, Modern Family and Curb Your Enthusiasm has died at the age of 90.