Rice boils over
Comic Mike's fury as his passport is rejected
06/04/2026 … Mike Rice will have to miss some of his shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival after his passport was rejected at the airport.
Mon 06 April 2026
Piip and Tuut Theatre: Piip and Tuut at Concert
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2026 … Big in their native Estonia, Piip and Tuut are a couple of clowns with a winning dynamic akin to a stereotypical older married couple.
David Correos: Touching My Active Mind
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2026 … ‘Is David Correos maturing?’ might not seem like the most obvious question to ask of a man who spends some of his show dressed as a traffic cone.
Mish Wittrup: Not As Good As I Remember
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2026 … Plundering embarrassing teenage diaries for every cringe-inducing detail has become such an established sub-category of comedy that a BBC Radio 4 series based on…
Anisa Nandaula: No Small Talk
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2026 … No Small Talk is something of a misnomer for Anisa Nandaula given she loves chit-chat with her audience.
Sun 05 April 2026
© BBC Ian Fletcher – and Taskmaster – return
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
05/04/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Gary Delaney starts another mammoth tour
The best of the week's live comedy
05/04/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Elliot Wood: Mrs Lovett’s Famous Meat Pies Grand Reopening Extravaganza
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
05/04/2026 … By way of events that needn’t concern us, Nellie Lovett – the accomplice of Sweeney Todd who used the demon barber’s victims to fill her pies – …