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Tom Allen announces new tour
Tom Allen is back on the road with his brand new show Completely.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th May 2022Tom Allen writes a second memoir
Tom Allen is writing another memoir, Too Much, reflecting on finding love and the death of his father.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2022BBC New Comedy Award wants to find new faces to make us laugh now
Satire is everywhere and a fresh generation of comics are ripping up the rules.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 22nd May 2022Top of the Pods - How live podcasts are taking over comedy
The format has gone from low-cost side hustle to, for some, a lucrative bread-winner, and audiences are flocking to them.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 1st April 2022Teenage Cancer Trust Comedy Night at the Royal Albert Hall review
The long-delayed annual fundraiser made a triumphant return.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 23rd March 2022The Island review
I watched Dave's new comedy format The Island, not knowing it had been devised by stand-ups James Acaster, Ed Gamble, Lloyd Langford and John Robins when they got stranded in New York by a storm. That fact came as something as a surprise, given the show feels less than an idea created organically by some fine comic minds, and more like the brainchild of a UKTV exec trying to engineer something to fill a Taskmaster-shaped hole left after their biggest show got poached by Channel 4.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd March 2022The Island, Dave, review
Comedy panel shows are over - this predictable refresh proves it.
Emily Watkins, i Newspaper, 23rd March 2022The Island review
This nautical panel show is so laugh-free it's a wreck.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 23rd March 2022The Island is proof that lazy podcasts are ruining TV comedy
Dave's new panel show challenges a group of comics to come up with strategies for how to survive after a shipwreck. But why?
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 23rd March 2022Tom Allen to co-host Bafta red carpet show
The comic and AJ Odudu have today been announced as co-presenters of the streamed programme on Sunday March 13.
Chortle, 24th January 2022