Mark Steel reveals the next series of In Town...
05/07/2022 … Mark Steel has announced the the places to feature in the next series of his Radio 4 series In Town… They include a stop in Paris – where he performs…
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 05 July 2022
Mon 04 July 2022
Caimh McDonnell up for a crimewriting award
Comic turned novelist is up against Richard Osman
04/07/2022 … Comedian turned novelist Caimh McDonnell has been nominated for a crime fiction award.
Just The Tonic announces new Edinburgh Fringe venue
Taking over the Charteris Centre on The Pleasance
04/07/2022 … Just The Tonic has announced that it is running a new venue this year.
© zoetnet / Flickr 1,700 sign protest letter to Edinburgh Fringe chiefs
Comedy world angry over festival's cuts – and spiralling accommodation fees
04/07/2022 … Almost 1,700 comedians, producers and agents have signed an open letter complaining to the Edinburgh Fringe Society for not doing enough to make it easier to perform…
Shaparak Khorsandi quits touring to spend more time with her family
04/07/2022 … Shaparak Khorsandi has pulled her autumn tour to spend more time with her family.
London Podcast Festival announces its first shows of 2022
Including Adam Buxton, Dane Baptiste and Guilty Feminist
04/07/2022 … The first wave of events have been announced the 2022 London Podcast Festival, including shows from Adam Buxton, Dane Baptiste, and the No Such Thing As A Fish team.
Sun 03 July 2022
Look who's on Chortle's London Fast Fringe!
...and the rest of the week's best live comedy
03/07/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
© C4 Joe Lycett hosts a big Pride party...
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
03/07/2022 … Here’s our pick of the best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on demand this week.