Mel Giedroyc

27/07/2006 … With a little over a week to go before their West End show, their first full-on theatre performances for three years, you might expect Mel and Sue to be putting…

Chortle goes to Canada

26/07/2006 … Canada has produced some of the finest movie comedians of modern times - even if they are forever destined to be mistaken for Americans.

A week on the New York comedy scene

26/07/2006 … P>Day One   Ah, New York, New York.

CD review: Earl Okin - Musical Genius And Sex Symbol

26/07/2006 … Anyone who’s seen Earl Okin on the comedy circuit knows that he’s a true, eccentric original.

What made Lenny Bruce so special

26/07/2006 … Lenny Bruce is widely acknowledged as the man who changed the face of stand-up; the pioneer who made comedy an artform in which comics could tackle social and personal…

Iranian Omid Djalili talks of the challenge after terrorist outrages

13/07/2006 … Imagine it.

Interview: Omid Djalili

13/07/2006 … Nine months ago, British stand-up Omid Djalili was appearing in front of 15 million Americans a week, courtesy of Whoopi Goldberg’s high-profile sitcom.

DVD review: Richard Pryor - Live In Concert

13/07/2006 … The single most significant thing to note about this seminal Richard Pryor DVD is tucked away in the small print next the copyright notice.