Classic tale gets new spin at Tyneside theatre
LipService and Oldham Coliseum will present The Picture of Doreen Gray at the South Shields theatre on 24 and 25 February.
Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year winner announced
Cumbrian comic Tom Little has bagged the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year award, it was announced today.
Watch the trailer for Matt Lucas’ Pompidou
The Little Britain star’s new series centres around a penniless, clueless aristocrat, who now lives on a caravan site with his butler and their dog Marion.
Sham Bodie returns
After their biggest show to date this month, Sham Bodie is back in March with another great night of comedy, music, food and natter.
Jeremy Hardy announces Leeds show
After 31 years of doing comedy, and with no sign of a lottery win, Hardy is back on the road, and kicking off his fourth decade as a stand-up at the Leeds venue on 29 May 2015.
TV review: House of Fools, series two, episode one
“House of Fools returned for a second series tonight, serving up more of the impenitent tomfoolery and silliness we’ve come to expect from British Comedy’s premier purveyors of idiocy.”
John Bishop to play intimate Leeds show
The Varieties is one of only two venues to host intimate performances of the show, before Bishop records his tour DVD at the Royal Albert Hall in April.
TV review: Uncle, series two
Uncle’s season two opener boasts more of the same wonderful elements seen in the first series; gloriously overblown songs, crude gags and a wonderfully deft melding of the hilarious and the poignant.
