Nottingham Comedy Festival announces its best joke nominees
02/11/2025 … The shortlist for the best joke of the Nottingham comedy festival have been announced, Chosen from gags submitted in advance by comics performing at the festival,…
Sun 02 November 2025
Fri 31 October 2025
© BBC Studios Two Doors Down Live adds extra dates
Now 10 performances at Glasgow's Ovo Hydo
31/10/2025 … Five extra performances have been added to the Two Doors Down Live show at Glasgow’s Ovo Hydro.
Thu 30 October 2025
Eddie Izzard goes back to school
Private Shakespearean performance for pupils
30/10/2025 … Eddie Izzard is to give primary school pupils a private Shakespearean performance.
Famous faces relaunch a 60-seat pub theatre
New look for an early home of alternative comedy
30/10/2025 … Matt Lucas, David Walliams and Mel Giedroyc are among the household names helping to relaunch a tiny London pub theatre this winter.
Wed 29 October 2025
Beat the Frog 2025 finalists announced
Showdown at Manchester’s Frog and Bucket on Monday
29/10/2025 … Manchester’s Frog and Bucket Comedy Club has announced the ten finalists for its annual Beat the Frog World Series final.
Tue 28 October 2025
BBC to rerun Fawlty Towers episode
28/10/2025 … An episode of Fawlty Towers is to air on BBC One tonight in tribute to Prunella Scales, following her death yesterday at the age of 83.
Kate Berlant returns to the UK
Two Soho Theatre Walthamstow dates announced
28/10/2025 … American comedian Kate Berlant is to play the Soho Theatre Walthamstow next year, playing to her biggest audience yet in the UK.
Mon 27 October 2025
Kirkstall Abbey Comedy Festival to return
Big stars head to Leeds landmark
27/10/2025 … The Kirkstall Abbey Comedy Festival is to return to the Leeds landmark next summer, it has been announced.