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  • The next generation of UK female comedy talent

    Women in Comedy on the Rise has revealed its pick of the UK's next generation of female comedy talent. The names were announced at an event hosted by Women in Film and Television UK and Gobby Girl Productions, celebrating female comedy writers, performers and directors shaping the future of British comedy. Among those featured are Soph Galustian from Daddy Issues and Rye Lane, Claire Rafferty from Derry Girls, Laura Evelyn from Doctor Who and Black Mirror, and Anna Morris, who won a Scotsman Fringe First for her debut play Son of a Bitch.

  • Sophie Duker announcing new tour

    Taskmaster champion Sophie Duker has announced a brand new tour called Hot Beef Injection. The show kicks off with a twelve-night run at the Soho Theatre in London from the twenty sixth of October, before heading out across the UK and Ireland in twenty twenty seven, with international dates also planned in New York, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Tickets go on general sale on the twenty fourth of July.

  • Brand new Liverpool comedy festival this September

    A brand new Liverpool Comedy Festival has been announced for this September. The four-day event, created by the team behind the Hot Water Comedy Club, takes over Blackstock Market from the third to the sixth of September with more than seventy comedy shows across multiple stages. Confirmed names include Ricky Tomlinson, Crissy Rock and Mick Miller, with many more still to be announced.

  • Heritage Live at Sandringham cancelled

    Bad news for comedy fans in Norfolk — the HeritageLive festival on the Sandringham Estate has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. The five-day event had boasted a stellar comedy line-up including Russell Howard, Josh Widdicombe, Tom Allen and Rory Bremner, alongside music headliners Janet Jackson and Lionel Richie. Organisers said it would have been irresponsible to proceed without certainty they could meet all their costs, and ticket holders should receive automatic refunds…

  • Good news from Leicester

    Good news from Leicester, where a community fundraiser has raised nearly eighteen thousand pounds to save a beloved comedy venue. The Big Difference bar on Leicester High Street was repossessed after the financial collapse of the Leicester Comedy Festival, but manager Big Tony has launched a crowdfunder to reopen it under the new name Forum Porcorum, promising to always pay artists on time…

  • More Peter Kay dates in Bolton

    Peter Kay has added four more hometown shows in Bolton following extraordinary demand. The original four dates at The Albert Halls sold out immediately — available exclusively to residents with a Bolton postcode — and the new January dates will follow the same rules, with all profits going to Bolton Hospice.

  • Channel 4 confirms Taskmaster spin-off

    Channel 4 has confirmed a Taskmaster spin-off called Your Time Starts Now. Devised and hosted by Alex Horne, the new show will see real British households compete against each other tackling his typically devious tasks — without ever leaving their homes. A pilot episode has been commissioned, with the show said to require creativity, lateral thinking, speed and teamwork.

  • Filming begins on new series of Here We go

    Filming has begun on the fourth series of the BAFTA-winning BBC sitcom Here We Go. Created by and starring Tom Basden, the new six-part series sees the full ensemble cast return, including Jim Howick, Katherine Parkinson and Alison Steadman. The new series promises family chaos including a graduation, a birthday party, a surprise snail allergy and an eventful fun run.

  • Seann Walsh extends current tour

    Seann Walsh has extended his current tour, This Is Torture, into twenty twenty seven. Before the autumn leg gets underway, he'll be performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August at The Stand Comedy Club. New twenty twenty seven dates go on sale today, taking the tour all the way through to April next year

  • Ania Magliano currently on tour with Peach Fuzz

    SNL UK and Taskmaster star Ania Magliano is currently on tour with her new show Peach Fuzz, which has been picking up strong reviews. The hour sees her explore her relationship with her own body with a characteristically light touch, drawing on her late Gen Z sensibility and a childhood preference for Sylvanian Families over Barbie. The tour includes a run at the Edinburgh Fringe.

  • Ed Gambe's Unacceptable commissioned for second series.

    Ed Gamble's new panel show Unacceptable has been commissioned for a second series. The TLC channel has ordered eight more episodes including a Christmas special, starting in November, with Richard Ayoade and Joanne McNally captaining the two teams.

  • Such Brave Girls wins Broadcast Digital Award

    Such-Brave-Girls was named best comedy at the Broadcast Digital Awards. The series, created by and starring Jodie McNee and Lizzie Davidson as two chaotic sisters navigating life and love, beat off strong competition to take the top prize.

  • Dinnerladies Stage Show

    Victoria Wood's beloved sitcom Dinnerladies is being revived as a new stage show. Les Dennis will star as canteen maintenance man Stan in the touring production, the first new work based on Wood's back catalogue to be commissioned by her estate. Written by twin sisters Beth and Emma Kilcoyne, the play opens at the Manchester Opera House in January before touring the UK until August.

  • Joe Lycett applies for pub licence

    Joe Lycett has applied for a licence to run his own pub for one hour a week, as part of a new Channel 4 series called The Lycett Arms. The comedian's east London boozer will open for the duration of each live episode across the six-part run, with Lycett joking about his newfound passion for government paperwork.

  • Geoff Norcott's weekly YouTube show

    Jonathan Pie creator Tom Walker and stand-up Geoff Norcott have teamed up for a brand new topical comedy show on YouTube. Called Well That Went Well, the five-week series sees the pair tackle the week's political and showbiz stories every Friday at ten pm until the thirty first of July.

  • Dan Tiernan announces new tour

    Rising star Dan Tiernan has announced his largest UK tour to date. Following a month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe this August with his new show Quartz and All, Tiernan will take the hour around the country across twenty four dates from October through to March next year, culminating in his biggest headline show yet at the Clapham Grand in London.

  • Mo Gilligan's fried chicken documentary

    Mo Gilligan has revealed details of his first Netflix documentary, in which he ate fried chicken three times a day for twenty eight days straight. The Super Size Me-style experiment forms part of Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, a ninety six minute film in which he traces the history of the dish from South London to the United States, examining fast food chains, large-scale farming, health, the environment and the cultural stereotypes surrounding fried chicken. The documentary lands on Netflix from the fifth of August.

  • Calendar Girls: The Musical wowing audiences

    Calendar Girls: The Musical is currently wowing audiences at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. Tim Firth and Gary Barlow's show takes the much-loved story back to its Yorkshire roots, with critics praising its heartfelt humour, nimbly handled nudity and its warm understanding of community spirit. The production runs at the Scarborough theatre before heading on tour.

  • Ania Magliano on tour with her new show Peach Fuzz

    And finally, SNL UK and Taskmaster star Ania Magliano is currently on tour with her new show Peach Fuzz, picking up strong reviews along the way. The hour sees her explore her relationship with her own body with a characteristically light touch, drawing on her late Gen Z sensibility and a childhood preference for Sylvanian Families over Barbie. The show runs at the Soho Theatre until this Saturday before heading out on tour, including a run at the Edinburgh Fringe.

  • Smack The Pony back for a tv special

    Sally Phillips has confirmed that Smack The Pony is reuniting for a TV special. She'll be joined by fellow cast members Fiona Allen and Doon Mackichan, following a successful run of live shows at last year's Edinburgh Fringe. The sketch show originally ran on Channel 4 from nineteen ninety nine to two thousand and three…

  • Joe Lycett to run his own pub

    Joe Lycett has applied for a licence to run his own pub for one hour a week, as part of a new Channel 4 series called The Lycett Arms. The comedian's east London boozer will open for the duration of each live episode across the six-part run, with Lycett joking about his newfound passion for government paperwork…

  • Stage show for Dinnerladies

    Victoria Wood's beloved sitcom Dinnerladies is being revived as a new stage show. Les Dennis will star as canteen maintenance man Stan in the touring production, the first new work based on Wood's back catalogue to be commissioned by her estate. Written by twin sisters Beth and Emma Kilcoyne, the play opens at the Manchester Opera House in January before touring the UK until August…

  • More Unacceptable for Ed Gamble

    Ed Gamble's new panel show Unacceptable has been commissioned for a second series. The TLC channel has ordered eight more episodes including a Christmas special, with Richard Ayoade and Joanne McNally captaining the two teams.

  • 100th birthday present for Mel Brooks

    Mel Brooks has been given a very special hundredth birthday present by the American Film Institute. His western comedy Blazing Saddles has been declared the funniest film of all time, bumping Billy Wilder's Some-Like-It-Hot from the top spot it had long held. Brooks is now the only filmmaker with three entries in the A.F.I top fifteen, with The Producers and Young Frankenstein also making the list.

  • Brassed Off at Leeds Playhouse

    A stage adaptation of the classic British film Brassed Off has opened at Leeds Playhouse to warm reviews.

    Director Amy Leach brings Paul Allen's adaptation of the nineteen ninety six film to the Quarry Theatre, a vast venue whose name feels fitting for a story rooted in the colliery communities of Yorkshire. The production runs at Leeds Playhouse until the eleventh of July.

  • Comedy getting All-Party Parliamentary Group

    Comedy is getting its own All-Party-Parliamentary-Group. Labour MP Richard-Quigley, who also moonlights as a stand-up, has put his name forward to chair the group, which was initiated by comedy trade body "Craft". The aim is to give the industry a permanent presence in Parliament, with officers to be elected before summer recess begins on the sixteenth of July ..

  • Phoenix Nights cast re-union

    five cast members from Phoenix Nights are reuniting at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Neil Fitzmaurice, Toby Foster, Steve Edge, Janice Connolly and Archie Kelly will share stories and behind-the-scenes memories from the Peter Kay classic in a show called How Far Away Are They? It runs at Just The Tonic from the eighth to the sixteenth of August…

  • Joe Lycett announces new tour

    Joe Lycett has announced his first tour since twenty twenty two, heading out on the road in twenty twenty seven and twenty twenty eight. The show's title is a typically elaborate pun — Do You Really Lycett? Is It, Is It Wicked? We're Lovin' It, Lovin' It, Lovin' It, We're Lovin' It Lycett. Tickets go on general sale this Friday at ten am…

  • Filming underway for third series of Am I Being Unreasonable

    Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli have begun filming the third and final series of their BBC comedy thriller Am I Being Unreasonable? The pair, who also wrote the show, are back alongside returning cast members, with new faces joining them including Joe Wilkinson and People Just Do Nothing's Allan Mustafa. The six-part series is being filmed in Bristol and the West Country…

  • Praise for new Sky documentary on Rik Mayall

    A new Sky documentary about Rik Mayall has been drawing warm praise from fans and critics alike. It features fond memories from friends and collaborators including Ben Elton and Stephen Fry, as well as heartfelt reflections from his former partner. The film traces his journey from Kevin Turvey and The Young Ones through to Blackadder, The New Statesman and Bottom, celebrating the anarchic spirit that made him one of the most beloved comics of his generation ..

 

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