Omid Djalili News

Following a sell-out 2021 tour, Warrington has been added to a list of extra dates and venues for 2022 with a Parr Hall show on Thursday, 24 March.

Elayce Ismail directs Tom Mothersdale (Him/Man) joining the previously announced Richard Katz (Tatte) and Abigail Weinstock (Her/Baba). The production opens on 14 October, with previews from 7 October, and runs until 27 November. Learn about the cast and how to get tickets.

The new season opens on Friday, 27 August when favourite funnyman Alan Carr comes to Chester to try out new material on the city's comedy fans. The evening will also include a support act. 

As BroadwayWorld reported last week, West End and Broadway stars, Samantha Barks and Ramin Karimloo are set to star in the film adaptation of Laurence Mark Wythe's musical Tomorrow Morning. Tomorrow Morning has received previous productions in both London and Chicago and in 2009, won Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Musical, in addition to a 2011 off-Broadway production at York Theatre. Check out highlights from productions around the world.

Storyhouse is looking forward to 2021 with a must-see programme of classic comedy, thought-provoking drama and stand-up silliness. Newly announced shows include acclaimed touring productions of stage hits Educating Rita and The Greatest Play in the History of the World, the return of Miss Julie and major names from the world of comedy.

Following his  performance in the final of Britain's Got Talent 2020 Nabil Abdulrashid will be touring his brand-new stand-up show across the UK in 2021.

Gag Reflex has announced a unique, family-friendly evening of live Comedy and Variety from Britain's Got Talent stars Lost Voice Guy, Ben Hart, Daliso Chaponda, Steve Royle and Nabil Abdul Rashid from Manchester's DriveINSIDE giant tent theatre.

Chichester Festival Theatre will present a day of outdoor performances alongside a Drive-In Cinema, working in partnership with Chichester Cinema at New Park, over the August Bank Holiday weekend (28 a?" 31 August).

The Donmar Warehouse today announces full casting for Artistic Director Michael Longhurst's inaugural Donmar production Europe by David Greig. Joining previously announced cast members Billy Howle (Berlin), Kevork Malikyan (Sava), Faye Marsay (Adele), Stephen Wight (Billy) and Shane Zaza (Morocco) will be Theo Barklem-Biggs as Horse, Ron Cook as Fret and Natalia Tena as Katia.

A fantastic array of the finest comedians around are set to come together for one night only at London's iconic Palladium, in support of Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity.

As well as individual acts, the Canterbury venue's Marlowe Theatre will host the popular Live At The Marlowe, while The Marlowe Studio has sneak previews of eight Edinburgh Fringe comedy acts.

The hugely popular The Great Yorkshire Fringe will bring an eclectic mix of comedy, theatre, cabaret and magic shows, as well as the best food and drink the North has to offer to York for an eleven-day festival. Now in its fourth year, the festival offers a wide variety of entertainment for everybody from proud Yorkies to the curious under-tens; the magic show admirer to the jazz connoisseur. All served up with a feast of food stalls and cementing itself as one of the biggest events in York's cultural calendar, The Great Yorkshire Fringe celebrates York's recently attained title of the Sunday Times' 'Best Place To Live In The UK' 2018. The festival will put the City Centre in the spotlight as it transforms Parliament Street into a village green with the spectacular White Rose Rotunda and Turn Pot Spiegeltents, and host events at the stunning Grand Opera House and pop up venues throughout the city.

Polka Theatre launch online auction to raise funds for the venue's capital redevelopment project, FUTURE POLKA. The auction will conclude at the Polka Imaginarium Gala dinner on Wednesday 16 May 2018.

OMID Djalili, Adam Buxton and Nish Kumar are among the stars of The Marlowe's first Comedy Festival. Tickets for the July event go on sale today (Friday).

Taking over York city centre for the fourth year running, The Great Yorkshire Fringe promises exciting theatre and comedy to entertain the whole family, plus world food and craft beer galore. Spread over eleven days, the 2018 festival will take place in the heart of York, transforming Parliament Street into a village green with the spectacular White Rose Rotunda and Turn Pot Spiegeltents, as well as hosting events at the stunning Grand Opera House and pop up venues throughout the city.

Ahead of the opening of their new season and their 40th anniversary next year, Artistic Director of Polka Theatre, Peter Glanville, today announces that Amanda Holden will join the theatre as a new Patron. Holden has been specifically brought on to support the upcoming Future Polka capital development which is scheduled to begin next year.

Written as a 'narrative for voices' by Alan Ayckbourn and brought to The Old Vic stage by Old Vic Baylis Director Annabel Bolton following its premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival, The Divide unfolds in a dystopian society of repression and seething insurrection.

Carolines on Broadway, New York City's premier comedy venue, presents its talented line-up for the month of November, highlighted by headliners Omid Djalili, from his Netflix UK special 'No Agenda,' November 2 - 5; Kevin Smith, from AMC's Comic Book Men, as part of the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF), November 6 & 7; Chris Hardwick, from AMC's Talking with Chris Hardwick, as part of the NYCF, November 8 - 10; Donnell Rawlings, from Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show, as part of the NYCF, November 11; Luis Jimenez, host of X96.3 FM's 'The Luis Jimenez Show,' as part of the NYCF, on November 11; Ron Funches, from NBC's Undateable, November 16 - 18; D.L. Hughley, host of the nationally syndicated radio program 'The D.L. Hughley Show,' Thanksgiving Weekend, November 22, 24 and 25; and Kevin Nealon, from CBS' Man with a Plan, November 30 (- December 2) .

Today The Point announces its autumn season of work. The venue continues its programming of bold and exciting theatre, dance and comedy, showcasing some of the best national and international companies and artists touring today.

This autumn The Point presents some of the UK's best touring comedians including satirical comedy and traditional stand-up.