Matt Forde gets back on stage
Plus The Bill Murray street party and the week's other live comedy highlights
26/05/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
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Sun 26 May 2024
Sat 25 May 2024
Kane Brown extends tour
25/05/2024 … Kane Brown has extended his stand-up tour – and cleaned up its title.
Who's hitting the End Of The Road in 2024?
Festival's comedy line-up announced
25/05/2024 … The End Of The Road Festival has announced its comedy line-up.
Fri 24 May 2024
Hitchhikers' Guide TV scripts to be published for the first time
Annotated book to offer 'a deeper understanding' of Douglas Adams's classic
24/05/2024 … The original scripts from The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy TV series are to be published for the first time.
Gold to make an AbFab retrospective
Jennifer Saunders breaks the news
24/05/2024 … Jennifer Saunders is making a retrospective about Absolutely Fabulous for the Gold TV channel.
© BBC All-star Scottish sketch show to celebrate the Euros
With Jack Docherty, Karen Dunbar, Jonathan Watson and more
24/05/2024 … A host of Scottish comedy stars are taking part in a sketch show to mark this summer’s Euros football contest.
Thu 23 May 2024
BBC to pilot a new Scottish sitcom
Development scheme announced at its comedy festival in Glasgow
23/05/2024 … The BBC is to order a new narrative comedy pilot to be produced in Scotland and featuring Scottish talent.
© zoetnet / Flickr Who's getting a 2024 Keep It Fringe award?
180 Edinburgh shows get £2,500 of help
23/05/2024 … The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the recipients of the 2024 Keep it Fringe fund.