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Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Lee Mack is to take over from Stephen Fry in charity performances of the comic play The Understudy, as Fry has quit the show to make a trip to America.
Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Stand-up Dan Tiernan was the winner of the Frog And Bucket's Beat The Frog World Series 2020 new act competition.
Thursday 22nd October 2020
Adam Kay, Chris Ramsey, Jon Richardson, John Bishop and Ross Noble will perform at the refurbished Stockton Globe in 2021.
Friday 16th October 2020
Jack Carroll is to make his theatrical debut in Cured, a play about a religious pilgrimage written by stand-up Laurence Clark.
Thursday 15th October 2020
Sketch duo The Pin are to make their West End debut this Christmas with their first play, The Comeback.
Thursday 8th October 2020
Katherine Ryan has announced details of her next major live tour. She will perform Missus from September 2021 into mid-2022.
Tuesday 22nd September 2020
Izzy Askwith has picked up this year's Funny Women Stage Award. Eryn Tett and Mary O'Connell were the runners-up.
Saturday 29th August 2020
The stars of The Fast Show have revealed they have talked about a possible new live stage show, and potential new television formats together.
Tuesday 11th August 2020
Steve Coogan has revealed that he "misses" performing Alan Partridge live, and is considering a new stage tour "in the next couple of years".
Saturday 18th July 2020
Live comedy is eligible for the government's £1.57billion arts lifeline package, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed.
