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Connor Burns is to set out on his biggest stand-up tour to date. Gallus, his fourth solo show, is named after the traditional ...
Comedy At The Fringe, a six-part stand-up series featuring comedians performing at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival.
Dr Ciaran Clarke, part of the course development team for the new MA Comedy Writer-Performer at Wimbledon College of Arts, ...
It was the first of times, it was the worst of times.
Amongst this latest set of questions from Hercules Grytpype Thynne are mentions of potentially long-forgotten comedies. 1. Who had a short-lived spell as a pop idol in the late 1950s, with three minor ...
RHLSTP #565 - Foundation. Richard is back in the Podcast Room where he is joined by comedian, author and now sitcom star, Rosie Jones. They discuss rising from researcher to ...
Pro member Dan Sweryt is a comedy writer and script editor whose extensive credits include Breaking The News, The Skewer, Noising Up, The Naked Week, Only An Excuse?, Lewis Macleod's Wired News, Tilt ...
7. In a Radio 4 interview with Melvyn Bragg, June Whitfield recounted a story of bumping into a well-known comedy star who was hoping not to be recognised, in a side street in London. When she said ...
British Comedy Guide is launching a new stand-up competition today. One To Watch is a monthly contest in which new and upcoming stand-up talent is given a spotlight on our website and social media ...
As hit show Magic Goes Wrong continues in the West End, and heads around the UK on a tour too, top magicians Penn & Teller reveal how they found themselves working with the team behind The Play That ...
Jokes... British comedy is peppered with them. Many scientific studies have looked into what makes humans laugh, and most agree that an element of surprise is needed ...
Bitzer is horrified when the farmer scribbles all over his map showing the location of his buried bone and fears he will never rediscover his treasure. The flock are on hand to help him search, even ...