Ken Dodd News

This evening Leicester Comedy Festival, the longest running comedy festival in Europe, presented Johnny Vegas with the Legend of Comedy award at their annual ceremony to honour comedians and others involved in the festival.

This Spring Oldham Coliseum presents a musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's famous story The Jungle Book, a perfect treat for the whole family to enjoy.

Earlier this year Siobhan wowed audiences as the only female finalist in Britain's Got Talent 2019. Next year she is going on tour and audiences will be able to hear not only those observational daft ditties, but the full range of her singing and comedic abilities which led the late Ken Dodd to describe her as 'a sunny new star with the voice of an angel and a natural comedic ability'.

Simon Painter, Tim Lawson, and MagicSpace Entertainment, the producers of Broadway's smash hit The Illusionists, are once again bringing together the world's greatest entertainers for a spellbinding and incredible holiday production a?" A MAGICAL CIRQUE CHRISTMAS. This thrilling, festive, fun-for-the-whole-family world premiere event will play the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall on Tuesday, November 19 at 7:30 PM.

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On Wednesday 30th October Alexandra Palace will ring to the sounds of Music Hall, over eighty years since the curtain fell on the last of the great post-war variety shows.

Simon Painter, Tim Lawson and MagicSpace Entertainment, the producers of Broadway's smash hit The Illusionists, are once again bringing together the world's greatest entertainers for a spellbinding and incredible holiday production a?' A MAGICAL CIRQUE CHRISTMAS.

From the producers that brought audiences Rita, Sue and Bob Too! and The Salon, Regal Entertainments are back with brand-new comedy musical, Achy Breaky Bride this October.

Andrew Lloyd Webber with honoured artists Des O'Connor, Jimmy Tarbuck, Cliff Richard and Tommy Steele unveiled the Wall of Fame, a new art installation by Lee Simmons commissioned as part of the renovations to the Grade II listed facade of The London Palladium. Sited at the theatre's world famous Stage Door on Great Marlborough Street, this ongoing installation is a permanent legacy to the many artists that have headlined at The London Palladium and will provide an intrinsic link between icons of the past and performers of the future.

Culture Warrington is proud to announce a brand new seed fund to support the next generation of female artists.

Brummie bystanders enjoyed a brush with British acting royalty on Tues 15 May as three of theatre's most iconic stars descended on Birmingham's IKON Gallery to celebrate the launch of the Olivier Award-winning comedy Art.

Tonight Leicester Comedy Festival hosted its annual award ceremony at The Haymarket Theatre (Leicester) honouring the comedians, venues and promoters that make the festival one of the largest and most successful in Europe. The ceremony was hosted by Mark Dolan and attended by Nicholas Parsons who collected the Legend of Comedy Award.  Previous legends have included Victoria Wood, Barry Cryer, Rik Mayall, Ken Dodd and Sir Norman Wisdom.

Comedy king Ken Dodd has announced that he will be postponing his Happiness Show at Parr Hall, which was due to take place next week.

A comedy legend and national treasure will be heading to Warrington in the New Year with a hilarious show that will have you rolling in the aisles. Warrington's Parr Hall will play host to the King of Comedy Ken Dodd, who will entertain crowds with his timeless sense of humour and classic one-liners.

By day he is a council cleaning manager. But Billy Scott has a secret passion which he is about to share with the world. The 50-year-old Liverpool City Council worker is also a talented artist, and now up to 200 of his works are set to go on show in the city's grandest public building, St George's Hall.

By day he is a council cleaning manager. But Billy Scott has a secret passion which he is about to share with the world. The 50-year-old Liverpool City Council worker is also a talented artist, and now up to 200 of his works are set to go on show in the city's grandest public building, St George's Hall.

There's no time to snooze this October, with St Helens Theatre Royal promising a dazzling new production of popular panto Sleeping Beauty to entertain audiences young and old.

David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers will produce the 2018 UK & Ireland Tour of the Old Vic production of Yasmina Reza's Olivier, Tony and Moliere award-winning comedy ART, translated by Christopher Hampton.

David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers will produce the 2018 UK & Ireland Tour of the Old Vic production of Yasmina Reza's Olivier, Tony and Moliere award-winning comedy ART, translated by Christopher Hampton.