Irish comedians lobby for official recognition of their art
...as that would help unlock funding
Irish stand-ups have stepped up their campaign to make comedy eligible for arts funding. Sinn…
Bill Burr to shoot a new comedy in Ireland
Bill Burr is to shoot a coming-of-age comedy in Ireland,…
Comics are hired for Celebrity Apprentice
Comics Eddie Kadi and Shazia Mirza are to take…
A day to celebrate live comedy
April Fool’s Day next year is to be branded as…
Jason Manford to star in Something Rotten!
Jason Manford is to return to the stage in the comedy…
Madeleine Brettingham wins Beat The Frog's 'world series'
Madeleine Brettingham won the Beat The Frog World Series…
Greg Davies and Alex Horne are set to take Taskmaster…
Sara Pascoe wins Jilly Cooper book award
Sara Pascoe’s debut novel has won a literary prize handed out in honour of…
The authors of a book about Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson comedy Bottom were left…
The Ballad Of Wallis Island up for five indie film awards
Tim Key and Tom Basden’s movie The Ballad Of Wallis Island has been nominated…
Josh Pugh starts filming his Channel 4 comedy
Filming has begun on Josh Pugh’s Channel 4 sitcom. Stepping Up. The…
You Heard It Here First to return
Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of Chris McCausland's panel show You…
This Cruel Little Man is on tour...
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,824 events…
Tour news
Features
New, female and over 40 - why the comedy world finds that combination confusing
I started comedy in my mid-40s. I knew I’d be battling nerves, hecklers, and…
Who voiced Joy in Inside Out?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Who sang the theme tune to Twenty Twelve?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Prunella Scales: Seven classic performances
As Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales dies at 93, here's just a small selection…
Reviews
Beat The Frog World Series 2025
She’s already won a raft of new act titles – …
Over the past year, The Pen Theatre in South Bermondsey…
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Evening With The Fast Show
Hull Connexin Live
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Joz Norris: You Wait. Time Passes.
Nottingham Fisher Gate Point
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Josh James: Doin’ Alright
Birmingham Glee Club
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Hal Cruttenden: Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It
Hemel Hempstead Old Town Hall
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Urooj Ashfaq: How to Be a Baddie
Soho Theatre
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Andrew White: Rhinestone Comedian
Manchester Fairfield Social Club
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Other news
The Simpsons take over Fortnite
The Simpsons have come to Fortnite. From now…
Is this the best joke of the Nottingham Comedy Festival?
Alex Mitchell has won the competition for the best…
Gabby Logan to host Have I Got News For You
New Match Of The Day presenter Gabby Logan is to host Have I Got…
Johnny Vegas wants to get Britain drawing
Johnny Vegas has been announced as the November featured artist for Draw!, a nationwide…
Mark Thomas to release a vinyl LP
Mark Thomas is to release his stand-up show Gaffa Tapes as a limited edition…
Nottingham Comedy Festival announces its best joke nominees
The shortlist for the best joke of the Nottingham comedy festival have been announced, Chosen…
Two Doors Down Live adds extra dates
Five extra performances have been added to the Two Doors Down Live show at Glasgow’s…
Eddie Izzard goes back to school
Eddie Izzard is to give primary school pupils a private Shakespearean performance. The…
Punching Up
Andrew Sachs’s Fawlty Towers scripts go under the hammer
Andrew Sachs’s old Fawlty Towers scripts are tipped to fetch more £5,000 at auction. Six of the actor’s scripts from the hit sitcom are…
Carl Donnelly gets into the Christmas spirit(s) again
Carl Donnelly is to take on his social media…
Prince Andrew: The Musical stripped of its honours
Channel 4 has issued a statement saying that it has…
Coopers 'are related to Dick Turpin'
Daisy May and Charlie Cooper have been told they are…
Videos
Oli Frost is trying to exploit a tax loophole used by the rich in this satirical new video.
He’s decided to convert his car into a private jet in the hope of avoiding tax on his fuel.
Campaign group The Jet Collectors say scrapping the fuel duty exemption for private jets could generate £2billion a year for the Treasury.
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Oli Frost tries to exploit a tax loophole
From Jimmy Carr's Am I The A**hole?
Dan Tiernan at Just For Laughs
On the New Faces Of Comedy showcase
With Michael McIntyre