© UKTV London's Moth Club saved!
28/03/2026 … East London’s Moth Club – home to a leading comedy club and immortalised in a UKTV series – has been saved from developers.
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Sat 28 March 2026
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Milton Keynes gets a comedy festival
28/03/2026 … Milton Keynes is launching a new comedy festival this July, with a long weekend of stand-up, character comedy, improv and interactive shows spread across venues…
Fri 27 March 2026
Li Jin Hao joins Judd Apatow film
27/03/2026 … Li Jin Hao has joined Judd Apatow's latest film.
Amanda Knox becomes a stand-up
Turning her wrongful conviction into comedy
27/03/2026 … Amanda Knox – the woman who was wrongly accused of killing her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy – has become a stand-up.
Jack Dee and Mike Wozniak return to the Fringe
Assembly Festival announces another 90 shows
27/03/2026 … Jack Dee and Mike Wozniak are heading to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Thu 26 March 2026
'Trump' centre to honour Trump critic Bill Maher
Days after White House said: 'Bill Maher will NOT be getting this award'
26/03/2026 … Bill Maher is to receive this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, it has been announced.
© House of Commons/Roger Harris/CC BY-SA 3.0 Government 'has more to do' on live comedy
So says chair of Parliament’s culture committee
26/03/2026 … The Government still has more to do to support live comedy, the chair of Parliament’s culture committee has said.
© Pete Carr Photography Ken Dodd's charity donates £1.5m to Liverpool museums
Deal will include a new permanent display honouring comic
26/03/2026 … The charity set up by Sir Ken Dodd is to give £1.