© Erik van der Liet/CC BY-SA 4.0 Improv pioneer Keith Johnstone dies at 90
Inventor of the Theatresports system of short-form games
13/03/2023 … Influential improv pioneer Keith Johnstone has died at the age of 90.
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Mon 13 March 2023
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Paul Foot gets personal
Comic's new tour to tell how his trauma and depression 'dissolved away'
13/03/2023 … He is known for his bizarre flights of fancy, but surreal comedian Paul Foot has promised his new show will be his most personal yet.
Stath Lets Flats is back for Comic Relief
Jamie Demetriou films new sketch with Dermot O’Leary
13/03/2023 … Jamie Demetriou is returning to Stath Lets Flats for a Comic Relief sketch.
© Josh Tomalin Ada Campe up for panto award
For her debut in Dick Whittington
13/03/2023 … Comedian Ada Campe has been nominated for an award for her pantomime debut.
© YouTube Bill Tidy dies at 89
Fast-draw cartoonist worked for Private Eye and Punch
13/03/2023 … Cartoonist Bill Tidy has died at the age of 89.
Sun 12 March 2023
© BBC James Norton joins Tim Renkow's Jerk
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
12/03/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Sunday March 12 WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS ROADS: The series continues with Ed Gamble and Lou…
© BBC Frankie Boyle kicks off the Glasgow International Comedy Festival
12/03/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,214 events Chortle currently has listed.
© BBC Danny Dyer joins Henpocalypse!
The BBC's new post-apocalyptic hen do sitcom
12/03/2023 … Danny Dyer has joined the cast of new BBC comedy Henpocalypse!, it has been announced.