amnesty24
24/02/2012 … THE FINALISTS in Amnesty International's competition for a British act to win a 15-second slot at the Secret Policeman's Ball in New York have been announced as…
Fri 24 February 2012
We didn't have a gender agenda
Chortle editor Steve Bennett on the dearth of women on our awards shortlist
24/02/2012 … It’s a storm we never saw coming.
Thu 23 February 2012
pelham23
23/02/2012 … JONATHAN PELHAM, a 19-year-old politics and sociology student at Newcastle University, won the North-East heat of the Student Comedy Awards, powered by The Sims…
Overnight success isn't the real story
Marc Blake on the reality of stand-up
23/02/2012 … A month ago I was approached by a PR company to ‘train’ five journalists who had never performed before to each do a five-minute set for the Dave channel at…
Whose tweet is it anyway?
BBC pilots Twitter-based improv show
23/02/2012 … The BBC is tonight piloting a new improvised comedy show, based around Twitter.
Tributes paid to Frank Carson
23/02/2012 … Tributes have been paid to stand-up Frank Carson, who has died at the age of 85.
Sky plays Chickens
Commission for Simon Bird and Joe Thomas's WW1 comedy
23/02/2012 … Sky has commissioned the Simon Bird First World War comedy Chickens, after Channel 4 decided not to pick it up.