Good Elf! Lyons was the best-reviewed show of the Fringe
Olaf Falafel No2 as Pierre Novellie tops an alternative analysis
Elf Lyons had the best-reviewed comedy show of the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe, new analysis…
Douglas Adams to be the subject of a graphic novel
Douglas Adams is to be the subject of an unauthorised…
Paul Currie's Soho Theatre lawsuit set to be struck out
Paul Currie has been told his libel action against…
Russell Brand’s court proceedings get under way
Jury selection has got under way in Russell Brand’s…
Sacha Baron Cohen to star in Quentin Tarantino’s first play
Sacha Baron Cohen has confirmed he’s set to star…
Desmond’s to become a stage musical
Desmond’s is set to be adapted into a stage musical. The…
Voici l'assistant du Taskmaster
Taskmaster is to be remade in France. Camille…
A stage version of Porridge is going on tour next year. The show will feature…
Almost 700 comedy pros call for policy change
Almost 700 comedians and industry figures, including Sir Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes…
CK Nash wins best show at Women In Comedy festival
CK Nath has won the best show award at the Women In Comedy Festival, with…
Vic Reeves was rushed to hospital by ambulance following a medical emergency at a…
Jessica Fostekew enters the Infinite Monkey Cage
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week. Now LAUGHING…
Is this the biggest-headed comedian in the UK?
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,544 events Chortle…
Tour news
Features
'My leg hair still hasn't properly grown back'
Rob & Romesh Vs returns to Sky and Now TV for a ninth series next Wednesday,…
Who voices Richard’s agent in Only Child?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
John Cleese's Ministry of Silly Tweets
John Cleese has been reported to counter-extremism scheme Prevent over his anti-Islamic…
'I'm not drunk, I have cerebral palsy'
I’ve spent more than 40 years explaining that I’m not drunk. I…
Reviews
Thao Cao: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Funnier
Thao Cao, a dry and deadpan Australian comic, certainly…
Jordan Brookes: The Part of You That's Always Screaming
For a man forever playing with the form of stand-up,…
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Mark Thomas: 40 in Stand-Up Years
Shrewsbury Theatre Severn
from 20:00
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Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise
Edinburgh Monkey Barrel
Friday 16th Oct from 20:00Book now
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Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Leeds City Varieties
Friday 16th Oct from 19:30Book now
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Ignacio Lopez: Nada
Sheffield The Steamworks
Tuesday 20th Oct from 20:00Book now
Gig of the day
Joseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70
Soho Theatre
from 19:00 - 20:00
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Harriet Kemsley: Floozy
Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres
Wednesday 21st Oct from 19:30Book now
Other news
Operation Mincemeat heads to Australia
Comedy musical Operation Mincemeat is to open in Australia next…
New images from Josh Pugh's Stepping Up
Channel 4 has released new images from Stepping Up,…
Arts Council England funds comedy projects
The Live Comedy Association has been awarded £45,000 of Arts Council England…
US comedian Reggie McFadden dies at 57
US comedian Reggie McFadden, known for his work on1990s Fox sketch series In Living…
2026 Aberdeen Comedy Festival hailed a success
This year’s Aberdeen Comedy Festival has been hailed a success after attracting…
Brown Sauce names its 2026 Comedy Lab cohort
South Asian comedy club Brown Sauce has announced the eight emerging comedians chosen…
Another date for Radio 4's Live From The UK
An additional recording date has been announced for the next series of Radio 4's…
Eden Voss wins Birmingham's Breaking Talent Award
Eden Voss won the Birmingham Comedy Festival’s Breaking Talent Award 2026. Voss,…
Punching Up
Gee, that's a lot of Alis...
The West Staines Massiv took over London yesterday as 300 Ali G lookalikes joined Sacha Baron Cohen to promote his new film. They took to the Thames for…
How a comedian is most likely to win Celebrity Traitors
Comedians are the most likely type of celebrity to…
From Dundler Mifflin to rector of St Andrews?
If you know him only as the weird, taciturn accountant…
Simon Pegg has revealed he has been diagnosed with…
Videos
Weekend Update presenters Ania Magliano and Paddy Young on the latest from the Tory conference, Match of the Day and Zack Polanski on last night’s Saturday Night Live UK.
Here’s their take on the week’s news…
Weekend Update on the Tory conference and more
Ania Magliano and Paddy Young on SNL UK
...and the one word he wasn't allowed to say
Mock The Week on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
...and his legal challenge to police
Borat's back - to plug the new Ali G film
New trailer released