Manchester's Women In Comedy Festival Announces Acts

The 14th Women in Comedy Festival has announced its line-up. Running from 2nd to the 12th of October the festival will host upwards of 50 shows and events in six venues across Manchester. The festival is an inclusive event; applications are open to cis women, those who identify as female and non...

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eview: Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Molly McGuinness: Slob, Monkey Barrel
Molly McGuinness has two heroes in life – Elizabeth Taylor and Caroline Aherne.
 
The homage to the first is on display in a vivid turquoise swoosh above her eyes.  The second – well it’s a big comic act to follow – but Molly might be a worthy contender.
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Arabella Weir And Diane Morgan Join Bob Mortimer for The Long Shoe Audiobook

Bob Mortimer will be joined by Diane Morgan and Arabella Weir to narrate the audiobook of his upcoming new novel, The Long Shoe, out on the 9th October 2025.

The Long Shoe is Mortimer’s third work of fiction, following The Satsuma Complex (2022) - top selling debut of 2022, shortlisted...

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New Radio Wales Show For Robin Morgan
Comedian Robin Morgan will present a brand new show on BBC Radio Wales on Sundays between 12.00 noon – 3.00pm, starting in September.   Robin, who also hosts Radio Wales’ award-winning topical comedy...
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Tamsin Greig Joins Ella Purnell As Filming Starts On Second Series Of Sweetpea
Filming has started in London on the second series of the critically acclaimed, darkly comic Sky Original thriller Sweetpea. Ella Purnell (Fallout, Yellowjackets) returns as wallflower-turned-killer...
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Trailer Released For New Office Spin-Off Comedy The Paper Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Tim Key
The official trailer for new US series The Paper has landed on doorsteps today, ahead of its launch in the UK and Ireland on Sky and streaming service NOW exclusively on 5 September. The Paper ...
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Review: Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Alan Davies, Gilded Balloon Appleton Tower
It must be strange being one of the older generation of comics and seeing comedy become a place where you talk about your emotions, your trauma and your mental health.   Alan Davies is not doing that...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Lorna Rose Treen, Pleasance Courtyard
Back in those halcyon days of 2023 Lorna Rose Treen won Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe, with a one-liner that The Sun decided was so bad she had killed comedy. Well, it didn’t kill comedy or...
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