© Damian Bennett Tim Minchin doubles his 2019 tour
05/09/2018 … Tim Minchin has added 18 more dates to his 2019 Back tour, his first in the UK in eight years.
Wed 05 September 2018
© Damian Bennett 
Man Like Mobeen gets a second series
BBC recommissions Guz Khan sitcom
05/09/2018 … BBC Three has ordered a second series of the Guz Khan comedy Man Like Mobeen Four 22-minute episodes have been commissioned, to be filmed Birmingham later this…
© Maljan 'Rejection feels better when you spread the blame'
Andy Kindler's most memorable gigs
05/09/2018 … American comic Andy Kindler, known for his self-sabotaging shtick, returns to London for the first time in a decade, with a eight-night residency at Soho Theatre…
Tue 04 September 2018
When is Ellen DeGeneres's stand-up special coming to Netflix?
Streaming giant announces air date and title
04/09/2018 … Netflix has announced the air date for Ellen DeGeneres's stand-up special.
'I was even on the same side as Peter Stringfellow...'
Bridget Christie on the topsy-turvey world of modern politics
04/09/2018 … Bridget Christie is bringing her tour What Now? to Leicester Square Theatre next Thursday, the first of several dates in the Central London…
See Phil's Wang
Comic's distinctive outfit on Taskmaster
04/09/2018 … Phil Wang chose a very distinctive outfit for his appearance on Taskmaster – as this new clip proves.
Book deal for Chabuddy G
People Just Do Nothing character to release How To Be A Man
04/09/2018 … People Just Do Nothing’s Chabuddy G – as played by Asim Chaudhry – is to publish his first book.
The Comedy Lineup Season 2
Netflix series reviewed by Steve Bennett
04/09/2018 … As Andy Warhol surely meant to say: 'In the future, everyone will have a Netflix special for 15 minutes.