Fringe grants to Edinburgh venues
03/06/2021 … Edinburgh venues including Monkey Barrel and The Pleasance have received grants from the Fringe to help their post-Covid recovery.
2021 Other news
Thu 03 June 2021
Sun 30 May 2021
Are these the funniest books of 2021?
Shortlist released for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
30/05/2021 … Six books have been shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction.
John Ryan joins Men's Radio Station
Comic to host show with mental health focus
30/05/2021 … Stand-up John Ryan is to front a new show on Men’s Radio Station.
Wed 26 May 2021
A Wight laugh...
Comics announced for Ventnor Fringe
26/05/2021 … Comedians including Lou Sanders, Geoff Norcott and Tez Ilyas are to perform at the next Ventnor Fringe on the Isle Of Wight.
Hep cats...
Comedicans front hepatitis C health campaign
26/05/2021 … Comedians Eshaan Akbar, Sukh Ojla and Ali Official are fronting a new campaign to combat hepatitis C.
Tue 25 May 2021
© Two Rivers Salisbury gets its first comedy festival
Frankie Boyle and Dara O Briain headline
25/05/2021 … Salisbury is to stage its first comedy festival – a day-long outdoor event headlined by Frankie Boyle and Dara O Briain.
Comedians return to Celebrity Gogglebox
25/05/2021 … Iain Stirling and his presenter wife Laura Whitmore; Mo Gilligan and Babatunde Aléshé, and Gyles Brandreth & Maureen Lipman are all…
Mon 24 May 2021
Third season for A Black Lady Sketch Show
HBO renews Robin Thede's series
24/05/2021 … HBO has commissioned a third season of A Black Lady Sketch Show.