© Matt Crockett Mr Swallow is Mr Scrooge
The best of the week's live comedy
04/12/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Sun 04 December 2022
© Matt Crockett Sat 03 December 2022
Does your pun elicit a groan?
That just shows people like it, says science
03/12/2022 … People enjoy puns, as much as they might groan at them, new research has found.
© C4 Sandi Toksvig cancels NZ tour due to illness
Comic contracts bronchial pneumonia
03/12/2022 … Sandi Toksvig has cancelled the New Zealand leg of her tour after being hospitalised with bronchial pneumonia.
Trailer for the Inside No 9 Christmas special
03/12/2022 … The BBC has released a trailer for the Inside No 9 Christmas special.
Peter Kay gets emotional at his stand-up comeback
...and gives fans exactly what they came for
03/12/2022 … Peter Kay was given a standing ovation that reduced him to tears as he returned to the stand-up stage after 12 years.
Fri 02 December 2022
© Stefan Brending/CC BY-SA 3.0 How to you measure how heavy this guy is?
02/12/2022 … Tweets of the week Whoever named the dad bod, missed a perfect opportunity.
© Matt Crockett Mae Martin shoots Netflix stand-up special
Their first hour for the streaming platform
02/12/2022 … Mae Martin is to shoot their first hour-long Netflix stand-up special.
© Matt Crockett Mark Watson announces a month-long virtual comedy festival
'It would be a pity to lose sight of how accessible comedy can be'
02/12/2022 … Mark Watson is putting together a major online comedy festival spanning the whole month of January.