Dave Chappelle adds more dates
But they too sell out instantly, unless you've got hundreds of pounds to spare
24/01/2020 … Dave Chappelle has added five more nights to his run of dates in London.
Fri 24 January 2020
Douglas Henshall joins Home
Shetland star in C4's refugee comedy
24/01/2020 … Shetland star Douglas Henshall has joined the cast of Channel 4’s refugee sitcom Home.
Cinemas to screen Daniel Sloss's stand-up special
24/01/2020 … Daniel Sloss's stand-up show X is to be screened in Vue cinemas around the UK.
Paul Merton makes his West End musical debut
Opposite Michael Ball in Hairspray
24/01/2020 … Paul Merton is to make his West End debut in the musical Hairspray – despite admitting he’s no singer or dancer.
Thu 23 January 2020
© BBC/Two Brothers Bienvenida a la Fleabag!
Phoebe Waller-Bridge comedy sold to Latin America
23/01/2020 … Fleabag is going to South America.
Comic flees Russia as police close in
'I'm scared, but not surprised' admits comic facing probe into the jokes
23/01/2020 … A Russian comedian has been forced to flee his homeland after his jokes attracted the attention of the police.
© Eduardo Unda-Sanzana/CC BY-SA 2.0 Terry Jones: Some favourite anecdotes
After the former Python dies at 77
23/01/2020 … The death of Terry Jones at the age of 77, after succumbing to dementia, has inevitably revived some anecdotes and odd facts about his long career in comedy.
Dave orders a second slice of Sliced
Samson Kayo's pizza-delivery sitcom gets another series
23/01/2020 … Dave has ordered a second series of Sliced, the comedy starring Samson Kayo and Theo Barklem Biggs as pizza delivery guys.