Best comedy nights of 2026 revealed
... as are the Chortle award hosts
Chortle can today announce the winners of the venue categories in our 2026 awards. And…
Last One Laughing showdown up for a Bafta
The speed-dating showdown between Bob Mortimer and…
Kim Noble writes autobiographical graphic novel
Comedian and performance artist Kim Noble has…
Roisin Conaty to host Last One Laughing podcast
The new series of Last One Laughing will be coming…
First three SNL UK hosts announced
Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Riz Ahmed have been announced…
Comic Relief is to air a new Amandaland sketch…
Russell Kane to make his stage acting debut
Comedian Russell Kane is to make his professional stage…
Ola Labib is to publish her memoirs about growing up between two cultures. How…
Big benefit gig for Junior Simpson
A fundraising gig has been organised in celebration of Junior Simpson, after he was…
Plans to erect a statue of comedian Roy Hudd outside a Suffolk theatre have been…
What a week! Last One Laughing and SNL UK
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week. Sunday March 15 MOCK…
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle…
The comics carrying Billy Connolly's spirit
Five performers – and one promoter – have been shortlisted for this year’s…
Tour news
Features
'This was a significant moment for comedy'
This time last week, a bunch of people who work in comedy gathered at the Department…
Watch the Chortle Hotshots hopefuls in Birmingham
Here are the comedians who took part in the Chortle Hotshots Class of 2026 showcase…
Is comedy outside the London bubble ignored?
In an interview for this website yesterday, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd told me: ‘I…
'The Edinburgh Comedy Awards are a morally bankrupt enterprise that add nothing to the Fringe'
Christopher Macathur-Boyd was yesterday announced as winner of the Next Big…
Reviews
Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy at Underbelly Boulevard
Directly mining grief and other traumas for comedy…
Live comedy picks
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Other news
Michael Sheen's House Of Games
Michael Sheen has been confirmed as the host for the…
Comics bid farewell to Banana Cabaret
Some big names are to bid farewell to Banana Cabaret.…
Pain in the neck? You need a laugh
Watching TV comedy can halve the agony of chronic head and neck pain, a new study…
Bath club stages 12-hour comedy marathon
A Bath comedy club is staging a 12-hour stand-up marathon. The Jesters Comedy…
Leicester Comedy Festival announces its 2026 award winners
Leicester Comedy Festival has announced this year’s award winners, honouring…
Applications open for £5,000 Fringe grants
Applications have opened for £5,000 grants to help artists and companies hoping…
An astronomy researcher has picked up the title for ‘best clean joke of last…
Entries have opened for this year’s Dabbers Bingo comedy caller contest. The…
Punching Up
Jennifer Saunders: Dawn French and I bought ecstasy together
Jennifer Saunders has revealed she and Dawn French once bought an ecstasy tablet to share – but it didn’t quite go to plan. Speaking on the first…
Going loco for the Glasgow comedy festival
Comedian Kate Hammer has got train passengers to take…
Harry Enfield: Why the police thought I was a ‘narcissistic wanker’
Harry Enfield believes his local police force think…
Ghosts team tease a return to Button House
Is Ghosts returning? The cast took to social media…
Videos
Jack Whitehall has made a trailer for his new tour – parodying porn star Bonnie Blue's exploits.
The comic says he wanted to tell jokes to 1,000 people in 24 hours in a 'gagathon' – disappointing the line of men in blue balaclavas apparently expecting something else entirely...
Jack Whitehall's tour trailer
But don't get the wrong idea...
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che
SNL's cold open
First look at Larry David's new sketch series
History-themed show coming to HBO