Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Amy Gledhill has announced a 2027 tour, Thanks For Having Me. According to the blurb the show revolves round how her personal life does not match her professional success ...

Join the Taskmaster alumna, Last One Laughing’s cruelest red card, and co-host of smash-hit podcasts Single Ladies In Your Area and Northern News as she brings her trademark offbeat storytelling and ...

The finalists have been named for the 2026 West End New Act of the Year. They are: Atharva Pharande, Charlotte Madden, Donna Williams, Ella Clark, Eloise Heath , Emma Davies, Eszter Rácz, Mani Ahmed, ...

Stephen Merchant's film Fighting With My Family is being adapted into a state musical. The 2019 film, which starred Florence Pugh and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, tells the stor ...

A US comedy company is launching a subscription streaming service dedicated entirely to stand-up, with a lineup that includes several well-known British acts. Gorilla Comedy+, from Nashville-based 800 ...

The BBC has announced a YouTube spin-off series of Smoggie Queens called The Dickie Show. It stars Phil Dunning in the guise of drag queen Dickie interviewing celebrity guests in a makeshift studio in ...

Russell Brand has launched a campaign to be the next Mayor of London. The former comedian announced his plan to stand at the 2028 election on the YouTube channel of right-wing US commentator Tucker ...

Victoria Wood died ten years ago. In her memory, yest your knowledge of juests some of her work with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian ...

The line-up has been announced for the Roundhouse Comedy Festival, which is returning to the Camden venue three years after its debut. The festival opens on August 1 – with a ni ...

Six comedy writer-performers have been selected for Comedy Lab Cymru, a development scheme run jointly by S4C, Channel 4 and production company Little Wander. Now in its third year, the programme is ...

Chris O’Dowd is to join Bill Burr on the coming-of-age comedy Bender. Described as Superbad meets Derry Girls, Bender is based on the experiences of writer Adrian Cunningham as a young man in Dublin ...

Taskmaster creator Alex Horne is to set families a series of challenges in a new Channel 4 series. It’s not clear if the programme will be a direct spinoff from the Taskmaster franchise, but does ...