Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2026 … Perhaps weary of Donald Trump’s relentless moronic bullshittery – or simply conscious that most audiences come to comedy to escape global misery…
© David Iliff/CC BY-SA 3.0 16/04/2026 … Comedy industry body Craft is running a survey to help the government compile an up-to-date picture of sexism in the sector.
Industry figures give evidence to MPs
15/04/2026 … Women working in live comedy have told MPs they face entrenched sexism, opaque pay practices and widespread harassment, warning that the industry’s informal…
© Channel 4 With Lara Ricote, Aaron Chen and Helen Bauer
15/04/2026 … Channel 4 has released the first images from Make That Movie, a new six-episode comedy series starring and created by Sam Campbell.
15/04/2026 … Channel 4 has renewed its YouTube channel A Comedy Thing for a second year.
© Peacock TV LLC Comedy-thriller will be back on Sky
15/04/2026 … Jack Whitehall’s US comedy The ’Burbs has been renewed for a second season.
...before opening in London too
15/04/2026 … Intimate pop-up venue Shedinburgh is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe this year – before making its London debut.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2026 … At the top of her game after 20 years, Celia Pacquola offers the Rolls-Royce of stand-up – elegantly classy and so perfectly engineered that it seems…
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