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Ross Noble announces Cardiff date

4:37pm Friday 22nd June 2012

AFTER a two-year break, demonic Geordie funnyman Ross Noble is back and doing what he likes to do best, with a new live tour that brings him to Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre.

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Something funny going on at Newport festival

4:40pm Friday 11th May 2012

NEWPORT will celebrate its third successive Comedy Port festival this year with top acts like household name Al Murray and Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Tim Key in town.

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Comedy of Olympic proportions comes to Newport

3:40pm Friday 4th May 2012

THE GAMES – a comedy about how three Greek nobodies get caught up in a celestial bet between Zeus, Hera and Hercules – comes to Newport’s The Riverfront this month.

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Don’t miss out on Michael McIntyre in Monmouth

4:44pm Friday 13th April 2012

TICKETS go on sale to see one of the UK’s top comedians Michael McIntyre at Monmouth’s Savoy Theatre for one day only tomorrow.

Gervais risks it all for Derek

2:17pm Friday 6th April 2012

SINCE he first stepped into the limelight a decade ago, Ricky Gervais has become adept at dealing with criticism.

All hail the Al! He's coming to the 'Port

4:50pm Friday 2nd March 2012

BROKEN Britain may be staring into the bottom of an empty pint glass, but don't lose hope, Al Murray the 'Pub Landlord'  is back to fill it up again with a new show that is coming to the Riverfront in Newport.

Ross Noble returns after break

5:40pm Friday 17th February 2012

Ross returns after break AFTER a two-year break Ross Noble, the demonic Geordie scarecrow himself, is back doing what he does best with a new live tour.

Watson comes to Cardiff’s in autumn

2:50pm Friday 17th February 2012

TOP comedian Mark Watson comes to Cardiff’s St David’s Hall this autumn.

Comic star to shine in his own show

12:24pm Friday 13th January 2012

CRITICALLY acclaimed stand-up comedian Andrew O’Neill brings his sell-out Edinburgh show Alternative to Cardiff next month.

Has Paul Merton got news for you?

3:10pm Friday 6th January 2012

RETURNING to his stand-up roots and breaking away from the BBC’s Have I Got News For You desk for a little while, comedy star Paul Merton aims to prove he’s still got what it takes.

Rhod Gilbert brings rants on the road

2:58pm Friday 6th January 2012

FOLLOWING several sell-out UK tours and best-selling stand-up DVDs, multi-award winning Welsh wonder Rhod Gilbert is back on the road with a brand new live show.

Oz star Steve is having a g’day

10:30am Saturday 17th December 2011

FOLLOWING sell-out shows at the Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne comedy festival and stellar performances on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow on BBC One, inimitable Australian comic Steve Hughes is coming to Wales.

Good news from Craig Campbell

4:30pm Friday 16th December 2011

CRAIG Campbell, star of BBC One’s Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow, comes to Newport’s The Riverfront early next year.

John Otway does it his way

3:50pm Friday 16th December 2011

THE eccentric and self-deprecating rock veteran John Otway dubbed himself rock’n’roll’s greatest failure after many unsuccessful attempts to produce a second hit single to follow his 1977 classic Cor Baby, That’s Really Free with Wild Willy Barrett.

The cream of Cornish comedy makes a date

3:23pm Friday 16th December 2011

CORNWALL’S famous comedian Jethro is coming to Monmouth’s The Blake Theatre in the spring.

Mrs Brown keeps going

3:00pm Friday 9th December 2011

DUE to popular demand a brand new tour has been announced for the stage version of smash and award-winning Irish television comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Wicked and rude ideas at the 'stute...

5:20pm Friday 7th October 2011

AWARD-WINNING stand-up comedian Diane Spencer will headline the popular Stute Comedy Night at Blackwood Miners’ Institute tonight.

Wishbone Ash in fourth decade of performing

9:20am Saturday 20th August 2011

AFTER an impressive 40-year recording and touring career, British rock band Wishbone Ash have gained worldwide recognition as the quintessential road band.