Entries open for So You Think You're Funny 2019
Gilded Balloon's talent hunt offers £2,500 prize
30/01/2019 … Applications have opened for this year's So You Think You’re Funny? talent hunt.
Wed 30 January 2019
'I never bomb...but the audience sometimes do'
Adam Riches on his Unforgettable Five gigs
30/01/2019 … Interactive character comedian Adam Riches is about to perform two London runs and a UK tour of three different shows.
The first Edinburgh Fringe shows have gone on sale
...and yes, it is only January
30/01/2019 … In what will be depressing news for comedians trying to get their Edinburgh Fringe shows together, the first offerings for this year’s festival have already…
© BBC David Walliams's new Fing
30/01/2019 … David Walliams next book will be aimed at a younger audience than his usual novels, publisher HarperCollins says.
James Acaster records ANOTHER special
...made of material that didn't make it into his latest tour
30/01/2019 … James Acaster is earning his reputation as the most prolific stand-up in comedy by filming another new special.
© Comedy Store / Instagram Chevy Chase made a surprise appearance at a comedy club... and it was 'bizarre'
According to Marc Maron, who was also on the bill
30/01/2019 … Chevy Chase made a surprise appearance at the Los Angeles Comedy Store at the weekend – but one comic on the bill described his slot 'bizarre' and 'sad'.
John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme to return
Recording dates set for series eight
30/01/2019 … Acclaimed Radio 4 sketch show John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme is to return for an eighth series.
© Channel 4 Stars join Matt Berry's Year Of The Rabbit
Keeley Hawes, Sally Phillips and more head for the 'Victorian-era Sweeney'
30/01/2019 … Production has started on Matt Berry’s new Victorian era police comedy, with an impressive list of stars joining the cast.