Jerry Sadowitz plays his biggest show in 40 years
13/11/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 3,918 events Chortle currently has listed.
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Sun 13 November 2022
© NBC 'It shouldn’t be this scary to talk about anything'
Dave Chappelle complains his job is becoming 'incredible difficult'
13/11/2022 … Dave Chappelle complained that his job has become ‘incredibly difficult’ because of the backlash he gets for raising controversial opinions on stage.
© BBC 'I can smell the fish and chips...'
Ellie Taylor has her sights on Strictly's Blackpool show after wowing judges
13/11/2022 … Ellie Taylor has ended up in sixth place on the leaderboard in week eight of Strictly Come Dancing.
Sat 12 November 2022
Peter Kay extends his tour to 2025
As virtual queues for tickets top 400,000
12/11/2022 … More dates have been added to Peter Kay’s tour, extending it to April 2025.
ITV picks up Alan Carr's autobiographical sitcom
Six-part series Changing Ends to air next year
12/11/2022 … ITV has picked up Alan Carr’s autobiographical sitcom for a six-part series.
Fri 11 November 2022
US comedian Gallagher dies at 76
Watermelon smasher turned 'paranoid right-wing maniac'
11/11/2022 … American comedian Gallagher, best known for his smashing watermelons on stage with a slegehammer he dubbed the Sledge-O-Matic, has died at the age of 76.
© Netflix Chris Rock to perform LIVE on Netflix
Comic will make history on the streaming channel
11/11/2022 … Chris Rock is to become the first person to perform live on Netflix.
Thu 10 November 2022
Alternative facts...
How alternative comedy isn't what it used to be... and probably never was
10/11/2022 … A mythology has grown up around the birth of alternative comedy which isn’t fully born out by the facts, a leading academic in the field has said.