Chortle Student Comedy Award 2022: Final finalists named
Wildcards through to Edinburgh Fringe showcase
04/04/2022 … The last five Chortle Student Award finalists can be revealed today.
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Mon 04 April 2022
© Matt Crockett Isy Suttie announces her first tour in six years
Peep Show star returns to stand-up
04/04/2022 … Isy Suttie is to go on tour for the first time in six years, with a new show about whether her a sense of adventure has been compromised by settling down and having…
Who's cancelled? Louis CK wins a Grammy
Outrage over shamed star's honour
04/04/2022 … Louis CK has won a Grammy award – showing he has been far from cancelled over his sexual misconduct.
Sun 03 April 2022
US comic Brandon Wardell to make his UK debut
Co-host of the Yeah But Still podcast comes to London
03/04/2022 … US comedian and podcaster Brandon Wardell is to make his UK debut next month.
Nothing like the Dame... Barry Humphries tours as himself
The best of the week's live comedy
03/04/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the almost 7,000 events Chortle currently has listed.
© Asim Bharwani/CC BY-SA 2.0 Seinfeld star Estelle Harris dies at 93
'Serenity always,' says her sitcom son Jason Alexander
03/04/2022 … Estelle Harris, who played George Costanza’s overbearing mother on Seinfeld has died at the age of 93.
Sat 02 April 2022
Joe Lycett and James Acaster are Basqued in glory...
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
02/04/2022 … Here’s our pick of the best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand.
Fri 01 April 2022
The forgotten comedy heroes of the North East
New podcast to celebrate their work
01/04/2022 … A new podcast is to celebrate some of the forgotten comedy stars of the North East.