13 Sep
02:49
Josephine Lacey is self-funding her own special at Top Secret
Josephine Lacey plays Autism Mama for the last time on 20 September at the Top Secret Comedy Club in London. She is paying for the…
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The running order
13 Sep
02:40
Sky makes SNL UK in a BBC studio, and Demetriou hosts next
Larry Dean played King Charles at a pretend Balmoral. He got the line that set the tone for the whole of Saturday night: “Don’t tell…
13 Sep
02:39
Radio 4 books four comedy clubs as Live From The UK returns
The Y Theatre sits at 7 East Street in Leicester, calls itself the city’s oldest theatre and turns 125 this year. In its own words…
11 Sep
10:44
New Comedian of the Year puts 300 acts through 25 heats
The listing promises “Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year and a £1,000 prize”. The first of those acts…
11 Sep
09:53
Fest magazine folds and its Fringe reviewers go unpaid
Nine days between five stars and "we cannot make any further payments" On 26 August, The Skinny gave Jordan Brookes five stars at the Pleasance…
9 Sep
15:41
Mrs Brown’s Boys won its sixth NTA because it toured first
Amanda Holden sang at Alan Carr and he cried Amanda Holden and Paloma Faith sang I Know Him So Well while Alan Carr collected his…
9 Sep
15:40
Ruby Wax cancels four dates, Sheffield gets 48 hours’ notice
A Thursday at the Memorial Hall, killed on the Tuesday Ticketmaster’s listing for An Evening with Ruby Wax at Sheffield City Hall Memorial Hall on…
8 Sep
08:23
UK comics are down to 2.5 gigs a week as 14 tours launch at once
Fourteen tours opened in one week and Chortle listed 6,112 events On Sunday 6 September, Daniel Kitson opened a tour called Thrum at the Junction…
8 Sep
08:22
Jamali Maddix gets the run of Hackney Empire’s 1,275 seats
The Hackney Empire holds 1,275 people. On Thursday 22 October it hands the lot of them over to a fictional pirate radio station from Brentford.…
6 Sep
20:47
BBC New Comedy Awards heats put 30 comics on six free Coventry shows
Thirty acts, six shows, and doors at six on a Tuesday Thirty comics will play six shows across three nights this month, in a shed…
