Lenny Henry is due to receive a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List to be announced next week. According to newspaper reports Henry will receive the award for his for services to... more
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John Cleese has become embroiled in a Twitter tit-for-tat with Piers Morgan. The veteran comedian and the journalist/talk show host recently dined in the same New York restaurant on separate tables... more
A new organisation has been launched today, aiming to protect stand-up comedians' rights. The UK Comedy Guild claims to be the first organisation in the history of the industry specifically dedicated... more
Daniel Kitson is to play a one-off gig with musician Gavin Osborn at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre on July 5. This will not be his latest show Polyphony, which he will be performing in... more
ITV has commissioned STV Productions, with Group M Entertainment, to make a new ITV2 comedy panel show called Safeword. The series of seven 45-minute episodes will air in July 2015 with... more
Stand-up comedian Joe Bor’s jokes have been used – with his permission – in a new series of greetings cards by Hallmark. Among the gags being used is the one illustrated here, “My wife told me sex is... more
Brian Pern, who has presented two series about rock music on BBC television, is to play a rare live show. An Evening With Brian Pern will take place at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on... more
Today's meeting regarding the Cowgatehead issue is off. This has just been posted on Facebook by Freestival:"Today's meeting with PBH, the licensee and representatives of the Fringe office will now... more
A movie version of Johnny Vegas's best-selling autobiography Being Johnny Vegas is being developed.The film, which Vegas is hoping to direct himself, will chart the comedian's early life when he... more
Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival has confirmed that 2015's festival in February was the most successful since the festival was launched back in 1994. Over 100,000 people attended over 612... more
