Amanda Knox becomes a stand-up
Turning her wrongful conviction into comedy
27/03/2026 … Amanda Knox – the woman who was wrongly accused of killing her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy – has become a stand-up.
2026 Archives
Fri 27 March 2026
Jack Dee and Mike Wozniak return to the Fringe
Assembly Festival announces another 90 shows
27/03/2026 … Jack Dee and Mike Wozniak are heading to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Thu 26 March 2026
'Trump' centre to honour Trump critic Bill Maher
Days after White House said: 'Bill Maher will NOT be getting this award'
26/03/2026 … Bill Maher is to receive this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, it has been announced.
Can AI have a role in writing comedy?
By comedian and lecturer Tom Short
26/03/2026 … There’s a strange new presence in the comedy writing process.
Shouldn't it be the Hammersmyth Apollo?
26/03/2026 … Laura Smyth got the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith renamed in her honour this week – even if those at the venue were not entirely sure about it.
Ismael Loutfi: Heavenly Baba
Review of a comic's tale of growing up Muslim amid the rednecks
26/03/2026 … At one point in his comedy career, Ismael Loutfi came to the realisation that stand-up is not about telling a good story, but about ‘relatable hyperbole’.
© House of Commons/Roger Harris/CC BY-SA 3.0 Government 'has more to do' on live comedy
So says chair of Parliament’s culture committee
26/03/2026 … The Government still has more to do to support live comedy, the chair of Parliament’s culture committee has said.
© 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.