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Comics help tackle sexual harassment on the circuit
Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar, Russell Howard and more are to take part in two major fundraising gigs to tackle sexual harassment within the live comedy industry. They will be performing benefits for Get Off! Live Comedy, a body set up last year by a group of comedians to offer an independent human resources body for the stand-up circuit.
Chortle, 3rd November 2021Nish Kumar in "shock" departure from Late Night Mash
Nish Kumar has announced that he is quitting Late Night Mash, as the show concludes its first series on Dave. Revived from the axed BBC format The Mash Report, the comedy's future is now unclear.
British Comedy Guide, 28th October 2021Mash had to censor PM quote as it breached Dave rules
We can't tell you exactly what was said, but there was definitely a homophobic slur, some more than casual racism and a sizeable portion of misogyny. Nish Kumar put it in a sarcastic nutshell: "Pretty cool that we aren't allowed to broadcast things the Prime Minister has said because they're too racist."
The Poke, 22nd October 2021The best Taskmaster contestants
We pick our six favourites.
Olivia Cathcart, Paste Magazine, 1st October 2021Headliners named for Big Burns Supper
Rosie Jones, Russell Kane and Nish Kumar have been announced as headline acts at next year's Big Burns Supper festival.
Gregor Young, The National (Scotland), 28th September 2021Widdicombe and Kumar film pilot at Gillingham Town
Comedians Josh Widdicombe and Nish Kumar used a recent Gillingham football match as part of a pilot for a potential new Sky TV comedy.
Luke Cawdell, Kent Online, 14th September 2021Nish Kumar guests on hip hop album
Nish Kumar appears on the new album by US hip hop star L'Orange. The Late Night Mash host contributes vocals to three tracks on The World Is Still Chaos, But I Feel Better.
British Comedy Guide, 7th September 2021Late Night Mash: why were the BBC scared of this?
The satirical news show has moved to Dave after being cancelled by the BBC, but its innocuous comedy is hardly controversial.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 3rd September 2021Review: Late Night Mash, Dave
And thus, like a monster they couldn't kill - Monster Mash, if you like - it has risen from the dead.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd September 2021