Leicester gets a new comedy festival
...and this one vows to pay its comedians
11/08/2026 … A new festival is to emerge from the ashes of the collapsed Leicester Comedy Festival.
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Tue 11 August 2026
Mon 10 August 2026
© Avalon/UKTV Lolly Adefope to make her West End debut
Ten-week starring run in Oh, Mary!
10/08/2026 … Lolly Adefope is to star in Oh, Mary! on the London stage.
Comedian goes blind on the eve of their Fringe run
Second major medical issue in two years for Friz Frizzle
10/08/2026 … Musical comedian Friz Frizzle woke up blind the day before their Edinburgh Fringe run began.
Sun 09 August 2026
Edinburgh Comedy Award appoints a new executive director
Longstanding head Nica Burns looks to the future
09/08/2026 … The Edinburgh Comedy Award has a new ‘executive director’ as its boss Nica Burns has started planning for their long-term future.
© Andy Hollingworth Kevin Bridges hits the road again
The best of the week's live comedy
09/08/2026 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Frank Skinner's latest stand-up special hits screens
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
09/08/2026 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week.
Sat 08 August 2026
Will this be the new Live At The Apollo?
Have A Word podcast to launch a replacement for axed BBC show
08/08/2026 … The team behind the hit Have A Word podcast are launching a replacement for Live At The Apollo.
Fri 07 August 2026
© ITV Seventh series for Sorry I Didn’t Know
ITV renews its black history panel show
07/08/2026 … ITV has renewed its panel show Sorry I Didn’t Know for a seventh series.