Comic jailed after joking about disabled person
Russians cage Artemy Ostanin for almost six years
04/02/2026 … A Russian comedian has been jailed for almost six years after making a joke about a disabled person.
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Wed 04 February 2026
Comedy to continue at the home of Banana Cabaret
Always Be Comedy to take over Balham venue
04/02/2026 … London’s Always Be Comedy is to take over the gig run by Banana Cabaret for the past 43 years.
Saturday Night Live unveils its UK cast
04/02/2026 … Sky has announced the cast of Saturday Night Live – and confirmed that the show will launch on March 21.
© TaxRebate.org.uk/CC BY-SA 2.0 Comedians report a huge wage slump
20% fall recorded in UK Live Comedy Sector Survey
04/02/2026 … Britain’s live comedy sector is facing a financial crisis, with performers’ incomes falling sharply while costs continue to rise, according to a survey…
Tue 03 February 2026
Aurie Styla and Nish Kumar join Texan comedy festival
03/02/2026 … Aurie Styla and Nish Kumar have joined the line-up of the Moontown Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas.
Comics go spying for New Zealand
Familiar faces in new Kiwi comedy
03/02/2026 … Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas has teamed up with Kiwi comedians Rose Matafeo, Paul Williams and Bret McKenzie from Flight Of The Conchords to write and star in a…
© UKTV Comics tackle escape rooms in new TV show
With team captains Ed Gamble and Nish Kumar
03/02/2026 … Ed Gamble and Nish Kumar will lead two teams of comedians in an escape room series coming to U&Dave later this year.
© Paul Gilbey New podcast for Fern Brady and Alison Spittle
Four years after they last hosted Wheel Of Misfortune together,
03/02/2026 … Comedians Fern Brady and Alison Spittle are reuniting for a new podcast called Ignore That Feeling.