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Douglas Is Cancelled preview
There have been so many trailers for new ITV1 comedy drama Douglas Is Cancelled I felt like I'd seen it before I hit the play button. And even when I'd hit the button and watched the first episode a lot of it was scarily familiar. But in a Good Way.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th June 2024
The List launches major new awards for Edinburgh Festival 2024
The ceremony will take place on Friday 23 August at Johnnie Walker Princes Street.
Kevin Fullerton, The List, 26th June 2024
New London comedy musical being made about Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak's Doing A Musical! opens at Waterloo East Theatre in London on July 2 - two days before the general election widely expected to be a wholesale rout for the Tories - after being written in just a month. Kurran Dhand will play Sunak while musical comedian Katie Pritchard will be Sir Keir Starmer.
Chortle, 26th June 2024
London run for Daniel Kitson
Daniel Kitson will be doing a London run of his latest show Collaborator. It is billed as a work in progress.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th June 2024
Armando Iannucci on how the Americans ruined The Thick Of It
Armando Iannucci has spoken of how the Americas ruined The Thick Of It - exorcising all the swearing and making a "really boring" version of his political sitcom.
Chortle, 26th June 2024
Douglas Is Cancelled review
Steven Moffat's delicious satire is unafraid to take aim at youthful snowflakes and puritans.
Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 26th June 2024
Tez Ilyas makes Blackburn independent pact plea to 'beat Labour'
Blackburn comedian Tez Ilyas has called on the 'independent' candidates in the general election to unite behind just one person to 'kick the Labour Party out of our town'.
Bill Jacobs, Lancashire Telegraph, 26th June 2024
My Lady Jane review
This TikTok Tudors romp is history gone mad.
Alice Jones, The Times, 26th June 2024
Suchandrika Chakrabarti interview
"I like the joke to always be on me wherever possible". We chat to Suchandrika Chakrabarti about her sophomore show Doomscrolling.
Kevin Ibbotson-Wight, The Wee Review, 26th June 2024
National Theatre's The Importance Of Being Earnest reveals further cast
The National Theatre has unveiled further casting for a new production of Oscar Wilde's comedy, The Importance Of Being Earnest, set to grace the Lyttelton Theatre from 20th November 2024 to 25th January 2025.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 26th June 2024Fringe Quickies: 53 - Jake Donaldson: Spectacle
Spectacle will be the fourth comedy show I've taken to the Edinburgh Fringe, but the first one focused completely on being a visually impaired comedian.
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 26th June 2024Fringe Quickies: 52 - NewsRevue
"I would be a filter coffee because I am very careful about what I say online."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 26th June 2024EdFringe Talk: Mutant Olive 2.0
"When you get hordes of artists creating their own content, through their own filter & insanely unique vision of the world - it's explosive!"
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 26th June 2024EdFringe Talk: A Transcriber's Tale
"I know I won't really understand Edinburgh Fringe until I'm in the middle of it."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 26th June 2024On the Mic Picks: Edy Hurst
Edy's superior comedic brain promises an at once, introspective, relatable, and delightfully irreverent show.
On The Mic, 26th June 2024Mark Steel is back doing what he does best - taking the mick out of your home town
Given the all-clear from cancer last month, Steel is back on Radio 4, visiting towns across Britain then hilariously ripping them apart.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 26th June 2024Videos
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Chloe Petts' Toilet Humour
Episode 4Chole and the ghost of Sir Thomas Crapper examine toilets in the 20th century and the moral panic over cottaging.