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Do you want to feature in a transgender silent comedy?

Students from London's Central Film School are casting for a silent dark comedy film following the transformation of a character into the opposing gender and are looking for actors who can act creatively without dialogue.

Laurence Cook, Backstage, 12th February 2019

Petition to drop Graham Linehan from transgender show

A trailer for an RTÉ Prime Time programme focusing on transgender issues sparked controversy after it revealed that Graham Linehan would contribute to the show.

Taryn De Vere, Her Ireland, 21st January 2019

Eddie Izzard: comic, transgender activist, politician

As accusations of anti-Semitism plague the British Labour Party and its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the party has a prominent new voice as it tries to steady the ship: a comedian better known for his whimsical stand-up shows and appearances in Hollywood movies.

Iliana Magra and Palko Karasz, The New York Times, 4th April 2018

Lionsgate takes U.S. rights to Early Man

Lionsgate has taken U.S. rights to Aardman and Studiocanal's animated comedy adventure Early Man.

Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 26th May 2017

Reaction to Ricky Gervais's transgender jokes

The comic has been accused of transphobia after riffing about Caitlyn Jenner in his standup show. So does giving him a favourable review endorse those gags?

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 14th March 2017

Eddie Izzard 'stood up to transgender attacks'

Eddie Izzard was making a stand against "transgender people being aggressively attacked" when he swore at a man who threatened him, a court has heard.

BBC News, 25th November 2016

Meet the transgender actors breaking new ground

Rebecca Root and Tyler Luke Cunningham from Boy Meets Girl talk about their careers as trans actors.

Emma Cox, Radio Times, 6th July 2016

Joanna Lumley reveals that Patsy is transgender

"It's completely normal that Patsy is transgender."

Paul Jones, Radio Times, 4th June 2016

Boy Meets Girl: a transgender comedy full of warmth

BBC Two's new sitcom starring Rebecca Root and Harry Hepple doesn't shy away from issue-based jokes, but it also charms with old-fashioned sentimentality.

Dan Martin, The Guardian, 24th September 2015

Rebecca Root: Transgender is like being born in prison

Actress Rebecca Root, who plays Judy in new BBC2 comedy Boy Meets Girl, says that her character's line about "never having a release date" resonated the most with her personal experience.

Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 2nd September 2015

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