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Jenny Eclair is peering down the Zoom link to get a better look at her interviewer’s lair. “I want to peer over your shoulder . . . right, we’ve got a bookcase . . . Victorian house? Terraced? Semi?”

2021 Leicester Comedy Festival best year ever despite having to go online Founder Geoff Rowe: “To have attracted so many new people to the festival, from around the globe, is fantastic" 13:12, 22 FEB 2021 Sign up to FREE email alerts from BusinessLive - Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we u...

19 Feb 2021 NEW DATE: The comedy shows planned in Barnard Castle by Jenny Eclair has been re-arranged THE ongoing lockdown and uncertainty as to when restrictions may be lifted has forced the rescheduling of some comedy shows planned for Barnard Castle. Jenny Eclair’s entire UK tour, which is heading to 60 venues is being rearranged and her visit to The Witham is now pencilled in for Friday, December 3. Organised by the Funny Way To Be comedy club, all existing tickets are still valid for...

Now shell be 61 when she performs Sixty! (FFS!) Jenny Eclair has become the latest comedian to cancel her spring tour dates, moving them to autumn at the earliest. Her tour of Sixty! (FFS!) to mark her turning that milestone year had been due to start on March 4, but will now kick off at Leicester’s Y Theatre on  September 2. She said: ‘I’m so sorry to be mucking you around again, but we can’t tour this show until it’s safe for you, the audience. So get those jabs ASAP folks and keep...

The Chase Celebrity team gutted as £90,000 snatched from them with seconds to go The Chase Celebrity Special aired on Sunday night with famous faces like Richard Madeley taking on The Governess 16:20, 1 FEB 2021 Updated Get the latest North East news and updates delivered straight to your inbox Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommend...

The tears poured out as I sat shaking in the office loo. Consumed by panic, I was so sure I would physically burst that I tried to hold myself together by zipping my coat up tight and pulling the hood over my head. Slowly the terror subsided but I was left feeling bewildered. One minute I’d been laughing with colleagues, the next I was reading a work email about a teenager with cancer. The words on the screen grew bigger as the space around me closed in. I saw — actually saw — disjointed ...

Chortle editor Steve Bennett compiles his most memorable shows of 2020 You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone… Joni Mitchell sure got that right. With the comedy industry all-but shut down in 2020, every gig staged against the odds became precious. In part, that’s because when gathering people together in clubs or theatres became outlawed, promoters got creative in their staging, creating intrinsically more memorable experiences. But more significantly, the new rarity of being ...

Sarah Millican show at The Forum sells out within hours Sarah Millican New shows due to take place at The Forum in Barrow next year sold out within hours. Award-winning comedian Sarah Millican has announced she will perform in August next year. Chart-topping band Scouting for Girls are set to play in October as part of their UK and Ireland tour. Tickets for both nights sold out within days of going on sale – with additional shows scheduled for the year ahead from comedians Ross Noble, Jenny E...

New shows scheduled for the 2021 season at Barrows The Forum sold out within hours. Award-winning comedian Sarah Millican announced she will performing in the venue next August, while chart-topping band Scouting for Girls are set to play at The Forum in October as part of their UK and Ireland tour. Tickets for both nights sold out shortly after going on sale – with additional shows scheduled for the year ahead from comedians Ross Noble, Jenny Eclair and Omid Djalili now also subject to ...

Looking for something to watch? Heres our pick of the TV shows not to miss Blob, one of the new characters for the ITV1 singing contest, The Masked Singer. Picture: Vincent Dolman/Bandicoot TV/ITV/PA Our choice of programmes to watch week beginning Saturday, December 19 After We Collided (Amazon Prime, from Tue) Last year, the film After, based on the first in a series of young adult novels by Anna Todd, went down a treat with audiences and a sequel was quickly ordered. Fans will be pleased...