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An Evening With The Fast Show review
Two hours of fun for the fans.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 25th March 2024
Rebel Wilson reveals Sasha Baron Cohen is unidentified star that sends her threats to block her memoir
Rebel Wilson has just revealed on social media that Sasha Baron Cohen is the Hollywood star who has been sending her threats to stop her from publishing her memoir Rebel Rising. The Australian actress had not until now identified Baron Cohen and had referred to him as a "massive a**hole" whom she had worked with.
Elsa Keslassy and Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25th March 2024
5 of the best ... Fast Show characters
We pick five of the best characters from the great 1990s comedy. Do you agree?
James Jackson, The Times, 25th March 2024
Lucy Beaumont review
The rising TV star brings a freshness and a flourish to every yarn she spins.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 25th March 2024
Glasgow Southside roads close for public access as BBC film new comedy show
The BBC have not revealed which show they are filming while road restrictions are in place around Bellahouston Park.
Sarah Hilley, Glasgow World, 25th March 2024
Eddie Izzard's Hamlet comes to London
Eddie Izzard's solo performance of Hamlet is coming to London. The comic's version of Shakespeare's classic will run at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith for six weeks from May 23, following a hit run in New York, where it has just extended its run to April 14.
Chortle, 25th March 2024
Scott Agnew's Scottish Square Sausage Show - Sunday Social review
From Tony Hancock's reverence for Fred's Pie Stall and The Goodies' Ecky Thump, through The League Of Gentlemen's 'special stuff' and Tom Stade's meat van routine, all the way up to the Beef And Dairy Podcast, the mass slaughter and processing of animals for human consumption has inspired some memorable comedy. But a whole show devoted to the Scottish indelicacy of the square, or Lorne, sausage, the casing-free slab of pocked, spongy pink served as part of a fry-up or in a morning roll? Credit to Scott Agnew, who survived a heart attack and three cardiac arrests over lockdown, for embracing his nemesis in this high-concept, hyperlocal, over-reaching nonsense.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 25th March 2024
Cluedo 2 adds Autumn leg to UK tour
After a successful launch last month, the world premiere production of Cluedo 2 is now adding a second autumn leg to its hugely popular UK tour and will now run until November 2024.
Theatre Weekly, 25th March 2024
Sacha Baron Cohen hits back over Rebel Wilson book
"While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby."
Ian Youngs, BBC, 25th March 2024
Absolute Radio sacking a national treasure such as Frank Skinner smacks of ageism
The beloved DJ has been ousted after 15 years - and he seems just as shocked as the listeners.
Nick Duerden, i Newspaper, 25th March 2024
Reginald D Hunter: The Man Who Could See Through Shit review
Given the self-mythologising title, I wonder what Reginald D Hunter might say if he could apply that bullshit detector to his own tour? Possibly that it feels incomplete; that ideas are floated but never allowed to develop before he moves on to the next unconnected bit of material; that a stand-up whose undeniable skill in holding a room rapt has never been in question is using that talent to skimp on content.
Chortle, 25th March 2024
Shazia Mirza on finding box office gold with her halal comedy supergroup
After years as the only Muslim woman on the comedy circuit, the stand-up is now making history with a female touring troupe. She relives the attacks she faced on the way, from "letterbox" burqa taunts to Isis allegations.
Shazia Mirza, The Guardian, 25th March 2024
Interview: Grubby Little Mitts talk HELLO, HI
After a successful Edinburgh Festival Fringe season and return to the prestigious Soho Theatre, award-winning sketch duo Grubby Little Mitts are back on the road with Hello, Hi.
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 25th March 2024
Sacha Baron Cohen, Rebel Wilson and the grim truth about his tasteless comedy Grimsby
Long before its stars' latest war of words, the 2016 box office bomb united northerners, Trump supporters and audiences in revulsion.
Alexander Larman, The Telegraph, 25th March 2024Videos
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Asian Network Comedy
Episode 15 - Glasgow 2024Hosted by Noreen Khan and Lubna Kerr, the night features a line-up including Don Biswas, Joshua Bethania, Faizan Shah, Pravanya Pillay and Sabina.
6:30pm30 min
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Episode 6 - Everybody Loves VelociraptorFrank & guests Simon Evans, Ania Magliano, Sunil Patel and Kiri Pritchard-McLean find out what you think about sharp carpets and a keg with a difference.
9pm60 min
Out Of Order
Episode 5Out Of Order is a game show all about judgements and first impressions. Host Rosie Jones is joined by team captains Katherine Ryan and Judi Love, plus Desiree Burch & Dan Tiernan.