Revealed: The best reviewed comedy shows of the 2025 Fringe
John Robertson's The Dark Room tops the analysis of Edinburgh critiques
John Robertson's The Dark Room was the best reviewed show of this year’s…
Paul Tonkinson writes a book about the world's toughest foot race
Paul Tonkinson is writing a book about defying ageing…
Johnny Vegas and Lucy Beaumont reunite for stage play
Johnny Vegas and Lucy Beaumont are to…
Sara Pascoe among Comedy Women in Print nominees
Sara Pascoe and Julia Raeside are among the authors…
Nick Offerman announces UK dates
Parks and Rec star Nick Offerman has announced a short…
Rob Brydon to host new prime-time ITV quiz show
Rob Brydon is to host a new prime-time ITV quiz show…
Mitchell and Webb is C4's biggest comedy hit in seven years
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping has become Channel…
Barry from Watford announces his first tour
Barry from Watford – the 92-year-old character who was a staple…
Emmanuel Sonubi shares his near-death experience
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 7,165 events Chortle currently…
It's the League Of Gentlemen reunion (kinda)
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday September…
Ghost series from Daisy May and Charlie Cooper
This Country creators Daisy May and Charlie Cooper are to front a new series about…
Bill Bailey to play The Last Night Of The Proms
Bill Bailey is making his debut at the BBC Proms – with a performance at tomorrow's…
Scotland's comics to honour Gary Little
The Scottish comedy community is staging a memorial fundraising gig in honour of…
Tour news
Features
How not to be an MC
A quality MC can elevate even the ropiest of open mic nights into a quality night…
How much do you know about Fawlty Towers?
Test your knowledge of Fawlty Towers as it celebrates its 50th anniversary on Friday.…
'I hated school – I took it far too seriously'
Jon Richardson is joining BBC school drama Waterloo Road as Darius Donovan, a teacher…
What working with survivors of modern slavery taught me about stand-up
I am a stand-up but just after the pandemic, like most people in the arts, I needed…
Reviews
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Inside No.9 Stage/Fright
Sunderland Empire
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Ben Pope: The Cut
Manchester 53two
Tuesday 23rd Sep from 20:00Book now
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Stephen Bailey: Tart
Sheffield The Foundry
Sunday 21st Sep from 19:30Book now
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Helen Bauer: Bless Her
Cambridge Junction
Thursday 2nd Oct from 19:30Book now
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Marcus Brigstocke: Vitruvian Mango
Cardiff Glee Club
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Esther Manito: Slagbomb
Sheffield The Steamworks
Sunday 28th Sep from 19:30Book now
Other news
Always Be Comedy opens new venue
London comedy club Always Be Comedy is opening a new…
Elf Lyons has won this year’s Sky Arts award…
Absolute Radio Live announces its 2025 line-up
The A-list line-up has been announced for this year’s Absolute Radio Live comedy…
Scottish comedy festival cancelled
A major comedy festival planned for Scotland next weekend has been cancelled. Patter…
Paul McCaffrey announces 2026 tour
Paul McCaffrey has announced an 18-date tour for 2026 entitled What A Time To Be…
Halifax Comedy Festival returns for 2025
The Halifax Comedy Festival has announced its 2025 return, running for two weeks from…
'All British Comedy Explained' in a new podcast
American comedian Abigoliah Schamaun is to fill in the gaps in her UK comedy history…
Cast announced for Horrible Histories: The Concert,
The cast has been announced for Horrible Histories: The Concert, a UK tour of songs…
Punching Up
Nigel Ng ties the knot
Nigel Ng, the stand-up best known for his online Uncle Roger character, has got married – with his wedding featuring in Vogue. The 34-year-old tied the…
Bill Bailey's changed his tune!
Bill Bailey might have appeared at the Last Night of…
Stars come out for Spinal Tap II
A number of comedy stars attended a VIP screening for Spinal…
Alan Davies has been talking about how his audience…
Videos
Brett Domino has created a song in the style of Dua Lipa in just two minutes.
It comes a couple of weeks after the comedian accepted a similar challenge to make a Sabrina Carpenter track.
Here’s the result of his latest effort:
How to write a Dua Lipa song in two munutes
By Brett Domino
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Dancing In The Middle by Adam Buxton
On the day his debut album is released
Mawaan Rizwan’s comedy returns