Final three Chortle Student finalists of 2026 are named
People's Choice and wildcard places allocated
07/04/2026 … The final finalists in the Chortle Student Comedy Award have been named.
Tue 07 April 2026
George Rigden: Self-Inflicted
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … When the comedy circuit was going through its MeToo moment in 2020, a parody Twitter account called Male Comedian Apologises offered a biting satirical take on the…
Barney Pollock: King Of The Pigs 2
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … This is Barney Pollock’s first festival show, but the skill and commitment with which he inhabits his nightmarishly surreal characters tells you he’s…
Guy Williams: Rich People Are Stealing From You and Blaming Brown People and Trans People and Some People Believe Them Aaahhhhhh!
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … Why should the right-wing have the monopoly on asshole comedians? That’s the gap in the market that New Zealand’s Guy Williams is seeking to fill with…
Ricky Gervais gets the green light for a £5m mansion
Two-year planning wrangle resolved
07/04/2026 … Ricky Gervais has won a two-year battle to knock down his riverside home and build a new £5million mansion.
Melanie Bracewell: Dilly Dallying
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … Dilly Dallying is not the show it’s described as.
Claire Hooper: Fun Show xx
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … This almost sounds like a parable from Greek myth, the woman who hates fun yet is condemned to walk the earth bringing it to so many others… The premise…
Mon 06 April 2026
Marie turns her hand to stand-up... at 88
Retired factory worker takes part in Glasgow comedy festival scheme
06/04/2026 … Here’s 88-year-old Marie McLaren performing stand-up for the first time, after part in a Glasgow International Comedy Festival scheme.