Everyone knows comedy works best in slightly shabby low-ceilinged rooms, preferably underground. Yet Cadogan Hall, just off the very well-heeled Sloane Square in Chelsea, is an elegant concert hall ...

Christopher Bliss breaks down the opening scene of his hard-edged soap opera Bangmouth Village in this creator’s commentary. He warns under-25s not to watch the footage, given it contains ‘some pretty ...

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

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 ...

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

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… ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...