Just For Laughs to stream its industry insider sessions
Montreal's festival-within-a-festival goes virtual
17/02/2021 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival will stream all its industry sessions online this year.
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Wed 17 February 2021
Tue 16 February 2021
© BBC 26,000 students see Joe Lycett's Shakespearean debut
Big success for online play reading service
16/02/2021 … More than 26,000 students logged on to the read through of Macbeth featuring Joe Lycett’s Shakespearean debut.
Mon 15 February 2021
© Aardman Animations This idea's got wings...
CITV commissions animated comedy Lloyd Of The Flies
15/02/2021 … Wallace And Gromit studio Aardman Animations is making a new animated comedy for CITV, all about a housefly.
Matt Lucas to look at 50 Years of Mr Men
As two new characters are introduced
15/02/2021 … Matt Lucas is to present a new Channel 4 documentary looking back at 50 years of the Mr Men books.
Thu 11 February 2021
Johnny Vegas shows Grayson Perry his art
Sue Perkins and Mawaan Rizwan also guest on C4 show
11/02/2021 … Johnny Vegas, Sue Perkins and Mawaan Rizwan are among the celebrities taking part in the next series of Grayson’s Art Club.
Wed 10 February 2021
Help Dave Gorman set his next crossword
Charity event with master compiler John Halpern
10/02/2021 … Dave Gorman and fellow crossword compiler John Halpern are to crowdsource their next word puzzle.
Comic Vince Atta wins a creative fellowship
Help from the Manchester International Festival for his next project
10/02/2021 … Comedian Vince Atta has been awarded a creative fellowship from the Manchester International Festival.
© BBC Comedians join major Welsh festival
10/02/2021 … Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jordan Brookes, Lolly Adefope and Tim Key are to take part in a major Welsh festival next month.