Egyptian comic jailed for 'offending Islam'
25/04/2012 … One of the biggest comedians in the Arab world has been jailed for three months for ‘offending Islam’.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 25 April 2012
Tue 24 April 2012
Jimmy Carr gets put in a Museum
24/04/2012 … Jimmy Carr is to be the new co-host of Radio 4's Museum of Curiosity.
Stewart Lee nominated for a Bafta
And two nods for Mrs Brown's Boys
24/04/2012 … Stewart Lee, Miranda Hart and Mrs Brown’s Boys have all been nominated for Bafta awards.
Mon 23 April 2012
Phil Kay's onstage 'meltdown'
Complaints as he nakedly berates audience
23/04/2012 … Stand-up Phil Kay has sparked a flurry of complaints after two bizarre shows in which he stripped naked and hurled abuse at the audience.
Calling female comics...
23/04/2012 … Funny’s Funny has launched its second Female Comedian of the Year competition.
Tim Minchin joins Californication
23/04/2012 … Tim Minchin is to play a ‘coked-up rock star’ in the next series of Californication.
Comic's tour gatecrashes wedding
Dismay at Rod Quantock's stunt
23/04/2012 … Australian comedy veteran Rod Quantock has caused a storm after gatecrashing a swanky wedding as part of his anarchic tour of Melbourne.
Sat 21 April 2012
A very good Doctor
Dr Brown scoops Australia's top comedy prize
21/04/2012 … In the year that a silent film triumphed at the Oscars, a mime act has won Australia’s biggest live comedy award.