The Bournemouth Comedy Festival - which will run from 4th to 8th October - is launching a Joke Trail. Prizes are available for those who unscramble the clues.
James Acaster appears to have been the victim of a copycat heckle and confectionery assault, nine years after the original incident, after having Maltesers thrown at him on stage on Monday night.
Eddie Izzard is seeking to follow up her one-woman staging of Great Expectations with a theatrical production of Hamlet in which she once again plays all of the characters.
