Friends rally around comedian John Mann
Thousands raised to help comic suffering respiratory illness
01/03/2025 … Friends of comedian John Mann have rallied to raise funds after a respiratory illness has left him unable to work.
2025 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 01 March 2025
© ITV / Ranga Bee Second series for Romesh Ranganathan's Parents Evening
Game show he presents with his mum Shanthi
01/03/2025 … Romesh Ranganathan is to front a second series of Parents' Evening for ITV.
Fri 28 February 2025
© Iona Wolff Sharon Horgan to make a new comedy for HBO
About a 50-year-old divorcee’s search for sex and love
28/02/2025 … Sharon Horgan is to make a new comedy series about a 50-year-old divorcee’s search for sex and love while juggling caring for her ailing parents and parenting…
© Stephanie Gibson Josie Long announces Now Is The Time Of Monsters tour
Comedian advises 'how to walk through a landscape of monstrous disaster’
28/02/2025 … Josie Long has announced a new tour show for the autumn, Now Is The Time Of Monsters.
© Rachel Sherlock Bristol Comedy Garden returns for a 14th year
Acts include Frankie Boyle, Ed Gamble, Sara Pascoe,
28/02/2025 … The Bristol Comedy Garden has announced its return to Queen Square.
Thu 27 February 2025
Leicester Comedy Festival announces its 2025 nominees
27/02/2025 … The nominees have been announced for this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival Awards.
Mark Steel extends his tour
Comedian talks about his cancer experiences in The Leopard In My House
27/02/2025 … Mark Steel has announced extra dates for his new tour, The Leopard In My House, which talks about his cancer diagnosis.
Wed 26 February 2025
Jessie Nixon is our fifth and final Hotshot
Comedian on her way to the Edinburgh Fringe
26/02/2025 … Jessie Nixon has been picked as Chortle’s fifth Hotshot, ahead of her Edinburgh Fringe debut this summer.