All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
With Richard Ayoade and Joanne McNally as team captains
05/03/2026 … Ed Gamble is to host a new panel show in which teams of comedians compete to win a live studio audience over to their most outrageous opinions.
Dark comedy from her Pushers collaborator Peter Fellows
05/03/2026 … Rosie Jones is to appear in her first movie.
After 1,089 performances of 756 shows
04/03/2026 … The Leicester Comedy Festival has announced the nominees for its annual awards.
Comedian's first book out this summer
04/03/2026 … Lucy Porter has written her first book, entitled Middle-Aged Women Get Sh*t Done.
Shows to be taped at Soho Theatre Walthamstow
04/03/2026 … Chris Ramsey and Iain Stirling are to record their latest tour shows as stand-up specials.
Fundraiser for comic forced to retire on health grounds
03/03/2026 … Junior Simpson has retired from stand-up having been diagnosed with vascular dementia.
© Nicholas Elliot Photography Victory at the London semi-final
03/03/2026 … Eva Peroni has become the second finalist in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award.
© Gerald England/CC BY-SA 2.0 'World famous' venue to be razed for a health centre
03/03/2026 … The comedy club founded by Bernard Manning is to be demolished.
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