All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
At least according to one award!
26/01/2026 … Five stand-up comedians have been nominated for the 2026 Next Big Thing award, which aims to spotlight acts deserving of wider public attention.
Daily analysis of the show about gay hockey players
26/01/2026 … Olga Koch and Catherine Bohart have started a daily podcast about the TV series Heated Rivalry.
© Aemen Sukkar Comic to appear in West End spoof
26/01/2026 … Tom Allen is to join the West End spoof Titanique this autumn.
© Matt Writtle 'Bold and surprising’ theatrical experience opening in London next year
26/01/2026 … Comedy writer John Finnemore is penning a live show based on The Traitors.
© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Another hearing on top of UK trial
25/01/2026 … Russell Brand will face a jury in the US later this year.
© Aemen Sukkar / Jiksaw 25/01/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,608 events Chortle currently has listed.
© Netflix The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
25/01/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Former stalwart of the Manchester comedy circuit dies from lung cancer
23/01/2026 … Tributes have been paid to Susan Vale, a stalwart of the Manchester comedy circuit of the late 1990s, following her death from lung cancer.
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