There was more to Dave Gorman's return to traditional stand up than there seemed...

Lee Mack threw himself into his homecoming gig last night

The Scouse comedy legend chats about writing, finding a voice and being your own Stalin in this exclusive chat with Kevin Core at the Huddersfield Literature Festival

Loads of good stuff moseying over this week

Not so sure we were getting the great man at full throttle last night, but he still warms the heart

Our friends at the Unity theatre have announced they are hosting a wealth of great hour long shows as part of the annual event in May

Liverpool was a-Twitter about the Star Wars classical concert at the arena last night.

But even sci fi expert and fellow blogger Scyfi Love wasn't aware of this bizarre little gem, which is, undeniably, the last word in "unique collaboration" - late, great Golden Girl Bea Arthur belting out a number as the Peggy Mitchell of the cantina in a Star Wars holiday special. Just one more round, friends:

There's plenty going on. EVEN RIGHT NOW

Liverpool Playhouse has a cute trick up its sleeve to promote forthcoming show

Former Echo hack Kevin Core is a Newsjacker, having had several of his topical comedy sketches aired on the BBC Radio show. Here he writes for the Comedy Blog about how he got on - and how you could too.