Bill Bailey announces West End residency
Seven-week London run for his show Vaudevillean
02/03/2026 … Bill Bailey has announced a seven-week West End run of his stand-up show Vaudevillean.
2026 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 02 March 2026
Chris Cantrill wins a BBC Audio Drama Award
For his performance in Icklewick FM
02/03/2026 … Chris Cantrill has won the BBC Audio Drama Award for best comedy performance for Icklewick FM.
Will Tina Fey host the first Saturday Night Live UK?
02/03/2026 … Saturday Night Live veteran Tina Fey has been tipped to host the first UK edition of the show.
Sun 01 March 2026
James Acaster kicks off his 2026 tour
The best of the week's live comedy
01/03/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Alasdair Beckett-King's improv show Wing It returns
The week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
01/03/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Fri 27 February 2026
Paul Hilleard named Chortle's first Hotshot of 2026
As Eva Peroni wins a separate fund to help Fringe newcomers
27/02/2026 … Paul Hilleard has been named the first Chortle Hotshot of 2026, following a showcase at The Gaffe comedy club in Bristol.
Ardal O’Hanlon cast in West End play The Truth
Alongside Stephen Mangan, Sarah Hadland and Janie Dee,
27/02/2026 … Ardal O’Hanlon, Stephen Mangan and Sarah Hadland are to star in a new West End production of a comedy about adultery, it has been announced.
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0 James McAvoy to star in Frankie Boyle's Meantime
Dream casting for TV version of comic's crime novel
27/02/2026 … Frankie Boyle has landed his dream star for the TV adaptation of his debut novel Meantime – in the shape of James McAvoy.