Katherine Ryan joins The Bad Guys 2
Katherine Ryan has voiced a cameo role in the new action-comedy animation, The…
Filming starts on series two of We Might Regret This
Filming has begun on the second series of the BBC Two…
Judi Love announces a new tour
Judi Love has announced her second UK stand-up tour,…
Mathew Horne to star in Britpop play
Mathew Horne is to play a Britpop music executive in…
'The world is a duller place without her'
Tributes have been paid to TV comedy producer Joanna…
Succession's Brian Cox announces tour
Succession star Brian Cox has announced his first one-man…
Barcelona gets a new comedy club
Barcelona is getting a new purpose-built comedy venue,…
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle…
Putting the trans in transgression
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday June…
BriTANicK get to make a movie... thanks to the Edinburgh Fringe
American comedy duo BriTANicK are writing and directing their first film – thanks…
Simon Day 'distraught' over antisemitic post
Fast Show comedian Simon Day has blamed hackers after an antisemitic message was…
He delivered the London Olympics in Twenty Twelve and was ‘head of values’…
Katherine Ryan joins The Real Housewives of London
Katherine Ryan is joining The Real Housewives of London. The comedian – and…
Tour news
Features
'I'm going to push even more boundaries this time around'
Kat Sadler’s sitcom Such Brave Girls – in which she stars as Josie alongside…
'It's really disorienting!'
Lena Dunham has found great success by mining her own experiences for comedy –…
In Extras, which celebrity does Andy Millman play tennis with?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
'Some of the sharpest, scariest and funniest character comedy I’ve seen'
Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the comedy he's been watching in London…
Reviews
LGBTQ+ New Comedian Of The Year 2025
I hadn’t been to a final of the LGBTQ+ New…
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Rhod Gilbert & The Giant Grapefruit
Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
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Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Northallerton The Forum
Friday 4th Jul from 19:30Book now
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Millwall Jew
Camden Comedy Club
Saturday 28th Jun from 18:00
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Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty
Oxford Tap Social Movement
Tuesday 15th Jul from 19:30Book now
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Nick Helm: No One Gets Out Alive
Bath Rondo Theatre
Thursday 18th Sep from 20:00Book now
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Jo Caulfield: Here Comes Trouble
Nairn Community and Arts Centre
Saturday 12th Jul from 19:00Book now
Other news
Altitude announces its 2026 line-up
Alpine comedy festival Altitude has announced its 2025…
Bert Kreischer to make a Netflix sitcom
Netflix is making a new comedy centred on the life…
Tickets released for Hitchhiker's Guide live show
Tickets have gone on sale for The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy live show…
Rob Beckett cancels Scottish gigs
Rob Beckett has cancelled two gigs in Scotland this week after falling ill. The…
Abi Clarke turn zookeeper in new podcast
Abi Clarke is launching a new podcast in which she learns what it takes to be a zookeeper. The…
Joel Dommett and Michelle Wolf join Latitude
Joel Dommett and Michelle Wolf have joined the comedy line-upat Latitude Festival. The…
Peter Kay to launch his new memoirs with Sara Cox
Peter Kay is to appear in conversation with fellow Bolton-born star Sara Cox at two…
Fern Brady to host Edinburgh Fringe showcase for Audible
Fern Brady is to introduce a showcase of Edinburgh Fringe comedians for spoken…
Punching Up
When Smith and Jones played Live Aid
It has gone down as one of the best performances in rock history. But what’s often forgotten about Queen’s appearance at Live Aid is that it was introduced…
A mural of Still Game character Winston Ingram has…
Alex Horne: There aren't many arseholes in comedy
Two very different opinions of comedians have emerged…
W1A brilliantly skewered the buzzword-laden jargon…
Videos
Working people need to lower their unrealistic expectation that doing a job might be able to sustain a half-decent lifestyle.
That’s the view of those who know best – the super-rich.
Broken News has the story… although time spent watching it is time you really should be spending working to keep your head above water:
Working people need to 'lower expectations'
Broken News reports
By Eleanor Morton
From Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee
First look at Steve Coogan as Ireland manager Mick McCarthy
New film Saipan tells of his bust-up with captain Ray…