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...and Southerners the least, according to a new survey
29/10/2024 … Almost one in seven comedy-goers in the North West say they have heckled a comedian – and one in nine admit they have ‘crashed’ the stage…
Collection of essays about their 'neurodivergent moments'
28/10/2024 … Comedians Abigoliah Schamaun and Joe Wells have signed a book deal for a collection of ‘funny and relatable’ autobiographical essays with a neurodivergent…
...after surviving to dance another week on Strictly
28/10/2024 … Chris McCausland has added more than 100 new dates to his stand-up tour – after surviving his worst week on Strictly Come Dancing.
27/10/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,564 events Chortle currently has listed.
© Sarah Shatz/HBO The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
27/10/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday October 27 GENERATION X: Savvy teenagers take on flesh-eating baby-boomers in Ben…
© Guy Levy/BBC Bottom of the leaderboard in Halloween week
26/10/2024 … Chris McCausland had a shocker on tonight's Strictly Come Dancing, coming bottom of the Halloween week leaderboard.
© Hugo Glendinning London shows now go on to March
25/10/2024 … John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers play is extending its West End run for a second time.
25/10/2024 … Ardal O’Hanlon is heading back out on the road, six years after launching his last stand-up tour, The Father Ted and Taskmaster star will be touring…
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