Music festivals announce their 2023 comedy line-ups
The End Of The Road, Standon Calling and 2000Trees
28/04/2023 … A number of music festivals have announced their comedy line-ups in the past 24 hours.
2023 Other news
Fri 28 April 2023
© Channel 4 / Sam Taylor Tom Bennett and Sam Swainsbury join Hullraisers
28/04/2023 … Tom Bennett and Sam Swainsbury have joined the cast of Channel 4 comedy Hullraisers.
Thu 27 April 2023
Luke Kempner launches podcast
With his wife and her identical twin
27/04/2023 … Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner has launched a podcast with his wife Alana Macfarlane Kempner and her identical twin sister Lisa.
© Bafta/Rachell Smith Meera Syal to get Bafta Fellowship
'She has made an extraordinary impact on the screen and literary arts'
27/04/2023 … Meera Syal is to be presented with the Bafta Fellowship at the annual ceremony next month.
© Jiksaw Coronation treat
London's Angel Comedy Club to throw a massive bank holiday street party
27/04/2023 … London’s Angel Comedy Club is to hold another of its street parties over the Coronation weekend.
Wed 26 April 2023
© Jiksaw Rosie Jones champions children's reading
Comic backs summer books scheme
26/04/2023 … Rosie Jones is one of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge champions.
© Alistair Muir Alex Edelman's Just For Us heads to Broadway
Eight week run for Jewish comic's show about meeting racists
26/04/2023 … Alex Edelman is to perform his one-man stand-up show Just For Us on Broadway.
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Trio of NE comics win BBC development cash
26/04/2023 … Comedians Sammy Dobson, Raul Kohli and Scott Turnbull have each been awarded £1,000 to help develop new scripted projects.