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Lenny Henry says first stand-up in 15 years comes as racism "still at large
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (524+ words) Comedian Sir Lenny Henry has said his first stand-up tour in more than 15 years comes as racism is "still at large. The 67-year-old, who began his career as the winner of TV talent show New Faces in 1975, said he had…...
Harry Enfield left 'deaf' from swimming in north London ponds
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (615+ words) Harry Enfield has been left with serious hearing problems after years of freshwater swimming in north London. The 65-year-old actor revealed he has "extra bones growing in his ears" due to wild swimming at Highgate Men's Pond in Hampstead Heath....
Fringe programme launches featuring "notable increase" in overseas performers
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (393+ words) The programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been launched, detailing 3, 649 shows across 258 venues. This year's event features shows on topics including artificial intelligence, the manosphere, cults and social class. There will be a total of 53, 884 performances during the Fringe,…...
Lisa Kudrow: I finally watched Friends and "loved it with all my heart
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (382+ words) US actress Lisa Kudrow has said she finally watched Friends decades after it aired. The 62-year-old actress starred as Phoebe Buffay in the hit sitcom which followed the lives of six friends played by Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, David…...
I'd better not': Paul Elliott resists using Chuckle Vision catchphrase with King
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (698+ words) Comedian Paul Elliott joked he was tempted to reference the Chuckle Brothers" famous "To me, to you" catchphrase when collecting a medal from the King, before deciding he had "better not" in case Charles was not a Chuckle Vision fan....
Jeremy Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper celebrate wildly as farmer's choir wins BGT
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (572+ words) Jeremy Clarkson and Clarkson's Farm co-star Kaleb Cooper celebrated wildly after the Hawkstone Farmers' Choir won Britain's Got Talent. The former Top Gear presenter said seeing the group he put together win the famous competition was "the best thing ever....
Black Comedy: Mixes physical comedy and emotional cringe
1+ week, 2+ day ago (175+ words) We're in a South Kensington flat in 1965, where bohemian artists and liberated girls are usurping a world of retired colonels and primly sermonising spinsters. Wartime immigrants are part of every tier of society and one character's homosexuality is barely veiled....
We were lucky: Stephen Colbert farewells The Late Show in emotional finale
2+ week, 2+ day ago (737+ words) Stephen Colbert opened the final episode of his long-running reign on The Late Show with a tribute to viewers, calling the programme a "joy machine" after 11 years on air. In a star-studded farewell from the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New…...
Quartet in Autumn: Crisply funny study of four lonely office workers
2+ week, 3+ day ago (475+ words) What a left-field delight this first-ever staging of a Barbara Pym novel proves to be. Adapted by Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey, Pym's 1977 story is a bittersweet, crisply funny study of four lonely office workers, two of them women staring…...
Dame Maureen Lipman to return to West End stage as star of Allegra
2+ week, 3+ day ago (483+ words) Dame Maureen Lipman will return to the West End stage this summer as she stars in Peter Quilter's new comedy Allegra. Tony Award-winner Quilter's play, which is currently embarking on its UK tour, is set to take the stage in…...