The semi-finalists for the 2025 Chortle Student Comedy Award. Aspiring stand-ups will appear in five showcases next month in the hope of following the likes of Joe Lycett, Phil Wang, Jamali Maddix, Ed ...

Richard Ayoade is adapting his novel, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes into a possible TV comedy series. The whimsical book is ...

Our fifth and final showcase takes place at The Gaffe comedy club in Bristol next Tuesday, February 25, with Sally-Anne ...

The giant mobile phone Dom Joly used in Trigger Happy TV has been stolen from an Amsterdam museum. The comedian broke the news on social media yesterday, saying he was ‘gutted’ at its disappearance, ...

Less British content is watched in Italy overall, and most of it dubbed. However, stand-up comedy was far more popular there compared to the other countries looked at. Overall, fantasy/sci-fi, ...

Rosie Jones, Shazia Mirza, Katie Norris, and Kiri Pritchard-McLean are to take to the the catwalk in a series of fundraising gigs. It will be the second year that designer Bo Carter has staged her ...

As part of Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary, the US comedy institution released this real of ever one of its cast members - with their original on-screen intros. Look out for some famous faces… ...

A wonderful, timeless alchemy of superb writing, memorable characters and sublime performances have ensured that this comedy about three isolated, eccentric priests and their batty housekeeper, living ...

The Guinness World Record for the longest stand-up comedy performance by an individual is held by American comic David Scott. Going by the name The Midnight Swinger, he performed for 40 hours and 8 ...

They say laughter is the best medicine… now patients are set to get comedy gigs on prescription. A scheme offering comedy to improve people's mental health and reduce NHS costs is being trialled in a ...

American stand-ups Wanda Sykes, Sarah Silveman and Mark Normand have all announced UK dates this monrning. It what will be ...

Armando Iannucci is to be profiled by the BBC’s prestigious arts series Imagine The influential comedy showrunner has been interviewed by Alan Yentob for the programme, which will air on BBC One in ...