'I'm surprised by stand-ups who don't have ADHD. Why are they doing it?'
Angela Barnes interview as she embarks on her new tour
02/01/2023 … TV and radio regular Angela Barnes is back on tour later this tour with her new show, Hot Mess.
Mon 02 January 2023
'I was the first Taskmaster contestant to break a bone'
Q&A with NZ comic Urzila Carlson as she heads to the UK
02/01/2023 … New Zealand-based comedian Urzila Carlson is hitting the UK next month, with her tour It's Personal Tour starting in Edinburgh on February 8.
Sun 01 January 2023
© Idil Sukan/Draw HQ An alluring foursome in Soho
01/01/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© C4 Taskmaster New Year's Treat returns
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
01/01/2023 … The best of the week’s comedy on TV, radio and on demand… Sunday January 1 ROMANTIC GETAWAY: Romesh Ranganathan and Katherine Ryan…
Mark Simmons named Comics' Comic
Awards for best MC, promoter and outstanding achievement, too
01/01/2023 … Mark Simmons has been voted this year’s comics’ comic.
Fri 30 December 2022
Frank Skinner awarded the MBE
'I thought it might have been an administrative error'.
30/12/2022 … Frank Skinner has been made an MBE in the New Year Honour’s list.
The most memorable comedy gigs of 2022
...at least according to Chortle editor Steve Bennett
30/12/2022 … In the last 12 months, the world of stand-up has gingerly got back on its feet after being gutted by the pandemic.
Thu 29 December 2022
© World Affairs Council of Philadelphia/CC BY-SA 2.0 Bill Cosby: I'm going back to stand-up next year
Comic says: 'There is so much fun to be had'
29/12/2022 … Bill Cosby is planning a stand-up tour next year – despite having more than 60 women testify that he sexually abused him.