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Leicester Comedy Festival company announces new leadership team
With both current CEO Laura Arends and Founder Geoff Rowe stepping down this year, Big Difference Company, the charity who produce Leicester Comedy Festival and The UK Kids' Comedy Festival are delighted to announce a new leadership team that will take charge following this year's festivals. Joining the Company as CEO will be Michael Harris-Wakelam who is currently Theatre and Events Manager at the Y Theatre in Leicester.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd February 2023
Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch
This was a thoroughly enjoyable hour of comedy from a Valley's clown that I would gladly catch again...oh, and he has a wife.
Clownster, 2nd February 2023
Study reveals comedy is most pirated genre
According to Synamedia the value of entertainment piracy is three times bigger than sports piracy with comedy being the most pirated genre of entertainment. The leading video software provider found in a study by Ampere Analysis across seven countries including the UK, the fragmentation of rights across more services is now affecting piracy in the entertainment market as it has for sports.
Melissa Kasule, Digital TV Europe, 2nd February 2023
Lloyd Griffith: One Tonne Of Fun review
A true master of his craft. Bravo.
Christopher Holmes, The Reviews Hub, 2nd February 2023
Stephen Fry to front exciting new show which brings dinosaurs to life with CGI
Stephen Fry comes face to face with dinosaurs in a new Channel 5 TV show... and even gets to feed them.
Mark Jefferies & Cecilia Adamou, The Mirror, 2nd February 2023
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, review
This level of engagement is rarer than it might have been, and the repetitive scenes and hindered conversations drag for the audience along with the characters.
Ellen Wilkinson, The Upcoming, 2nd February 2023Q&A with comedian Cally Beaton
Entertainment Now chats to Beaton to find out more about her weekly podcast, her career as a comedian and what's next for her.
Yasmin Turner, Entertainment Now, 2nd February 2023Then and Now: The Northumberland pub featured in a classic TV episode of the Likely Lads
How Terry and Bob stopped off for a break at a Northumberland pub during an ill-advised bike race in one of the best episodes of Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
David Morton, Newcastle Chronicle, 2nd February 2023Live At The Apollo star comes to Cast Comedy Club in Doncaster
Brennan Reece is a former English Comedian Of The Year as seen on numerous television shows. There is a full supporting line up of performers including the sharp wit of Melina Fiol and the delightfully droll Andy Ellis.
Stephanie Bateman, Doncaster Free Press, 2nd February 2023Videos
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