Milton Keynes gets a comedy festival
28/03/2026 … Milton Keynes is launching a new comedy festival this July, with a long weekend of stand-up, character comedy, improv and interactive shows spread across venues…
Sat 28 March 2026
Thu 26 March 2026
© Pete Carr Photography Ken Dodd's charity donates £1.5m to Liverpool museums
Deal will include a new permanent display honouring comic
26/03/2026 … The charity set up by Sir Ken Dodd is to give £1.
Live gigs for Vic Reeves creator Jim Moir and wife Nancy
26/03/2026 … Vic Reeves creator Jim Moir has announced two live shows with his wife Nancy.
Wed 25 March 2026
Sky to air Rob Beckett’s Giraffe special
'The funniest and most honest show I have ever done'
25/03/2026 … Rob Beckett’s latest stand-up tour, Giraffe, is to air on Sky One on Good Friday, it has been announced.
Last ever Luke Rollason bursary winners announced
Alternative comedians heading to the Brighton Fringe
25/03/2026 … Comedian Luke Rollason has announced the winners of the fifth and final year of the memorial bursary – a prize he set up, while still very much alive, to support…
© Marsha Arnold Monty Don to host Have I Got News For You
25/03/2026 … Gardeners' World presenter Monty Don is to host Have I Got News For You for the first time.
Hammer nails it
Comic Kate secures financial help for her Edinburgh Fringe debut
25/03/2026 … Glasgow-based comic Kate Hammer will be getting help staging her Edinburgh Fringe show this year after being named the recipient of a fund helping up-and-coming…
Tue 24 March 2026
Beyond the Dome
Brighton comedy festival expands
24/03/2026 … This year's Brighton Dome Comedy Festival won’t just be at the Brighton Dome.