Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly awarded their Golden Buzzer to comedy singer Jon Courtenay during Saturday’s Britain’s Got Talent. Following an emotional audition which saw him pay tribute to his two sons, the Manchester performer earned a place in the live semi-finals. The second week of auditions came as Dec also wowed the audience by completing … Read more
Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge are going to help Britain find its funny bone again by taking Noel Coward’s comic classic Private Lives on the road in October. David Pugh, who is producing with the newly formed Nigel Havers Theatre Company, said ticket prices would be kept low: under £10, with a top price under … Read more
Steve Carell’s new workplace comedy Space Force adds Lisa Kudrow to star-studded cast… and announces May release date on Netflix By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 17:42 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 17:54 BST, 8 April 2020 Lisa Kudrow will star alongside Steve Carell in the forthcoming workplace comedy Space Force. The Friends alum’s … Read more
‘He said darling, I have to go’: Eddie Large’s devastated widow Patsy McGinnis reveals the comedy legend’s final words before he lost his battle with coronavirus aged 78 By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 09:09 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 09:10 BST, 6 April 2020 The wife of comedy legend Eddie Large has revealed … Read more
Bungling police arrive to shut down comedy club night they thought was breaking coronavirus lockdown rules – only to discover it had happened three weeks ago and repeat was being aired online Merseyside Police rushed to comedy venue suspected of breaching lockdown CCTV shows officers storming to Liverpool premises and bang on the door But … Read more
7 Events: From a Titian exhibition to Belgravia on TV and the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Event picks the top things to do this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 01:18 GMT, 15 March 2020 The Art Show: Titian – Love, Desire, Death For … Read more
‘It changed my life’: Indigenous Australian writer Nakkiah Lui cries as she bids goodbye to ABC sketch show Black Comedy after it was cancelled following seven years on air By Jessamy Tredinnick For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:50 GMT, 13 March 2020 | Updated: 04:50 GMT, 13 March 2020 Writer Nakkiah Lui cried while watching … Read more
Set up by parliament and funded by the financial services industry, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme is independent and completely free to use. FSCS can step in to pay compensation if an authorised financial firm fails and its customers have lost money as a result. For more information about the Financial Services Compensation Scheme visit … Read more
God Of Carnage Theatre Royal Bath Touring until February 15, 1hr 30mins Rating: Britain gets more mealy-mouthed, censorious and po-faced by the day. Which is why French playwright Yasmina Reza’s comedy – which gives sanctimonious, rich metropolitans a right kicking – … Read more
Kyra Sedwick is making her return to the small screen with a leading role in the ABC comedy pilot My Village. The 54-year-old actress has signed on to star in the multi-cam comedy pilot, after lengthy negotiations, according to Deadline. The pilot is written by Kari Lizer, who created the Julia Louis-Dreyfus ABC sitcom The … Read more