© Damian Bennett Tim Minchin releases a new single
Watch the animated video for Leaving LA
13/03/2020 … Tim Minchin today releases the first single from his debut studio album, Leaving LA.
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Fri 13 March 2020
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Melbourne Comedy Festival cancelled
'Devastating' shutdown over coronavirus fears
13/03/2020 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has been cancelled.
Thu 12 March 2020
Daniel Sloss writes his first book
Comic will 'go after every kind of relationship'
12/03/2020 … Daniel Sloss is writing his first book Everyone You Hate Is Going To Die aims to pick up the themes of his Netflix special Jigsaw – which he claims…
Eurydice Dixon's killer loses appeal
Jaymes Todd will spend at least 35 years behind bars
12/03/2020 … The killer of Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon will spend at least 35 years in jail after losing an appeal against his life sentence.
Altitude is a snow-go
Coronavirus measures nix comedy festival
12/03/2020 … The Altitude Comedy Festival in the Austrian Alps has become the latest stand-up event to fall victim to the coronavirus.
Bristol Comedy Garden announces its 2020 line-up
With Dara O Briain, Simon Amstell and more
12/03/2020 … Dara O Briain, Simon Amstell, Alan Davies and Sara Pascoe are among the stars heading to Bristol’s Comedy Garden, it has been announced today.
Coronavirus: Catherine Cohen pulls London gigs
12/03/2020 … Edinburgh best newcomer Catherine Cohen has pulled the rest of her London dates, becoming the latest victim of the coronavirus scare.
Steve Martin and Martin Short cancel Belfast gig
'In light of the ever-evolving global situation' with coronavirus
12/03/2020 … Steve Martin and Martin Short have pulled their show in Belfast tonight in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.