'The comedy industry is absolute shit'
Jenny Eclair on jealousy, women being marginalised in stand-up and her warts-and-all memoir
06/01/2025 … Jenny Eclair made history when she became the first woman to win the Perrier Award in 1995.
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Mon 06 January 2025
Fri 03 January 2025
'My first gig, I stormed. The second was a bin fire'
Kate Cheka on some of her unforgettable moments in comedy
03/01/2025 … Kate Cheka, current holder of the Funny Women Stage Award and nominee for best newcomer in the 2024 Chortle Awards, brings her debut show A Messiah Comes to the…
Thu 02 January 2025
Tim Harding's top 20 shows of 2024
A personal rundown of the year's best live comedy
02/01/2025 … Here are the best live comedy shows I saw in 2024, an otherwise best-forgotten era of indignity.
Tue 31 December 2024
© Efrem Efre / Pexels Which comedian's statue was hit by a taxi this year?
31/12/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge of 2024 with today's edition of our Tuesday trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and…
To those we lost in 2024
Remembering the comedians who died this year
31/12/2024 … Here are the comedy names we lost this year, and the tributes to them.
Mon 30 December 2024
My most memorable gigs of 2024
Chortle editor Steve Bennett's personal highlights of the year
30/12/2024 … Another year, another 250-plus comedy shows watched as editor of Chortle.
Chortle's most-read stories of 2024
Heroes and villains of the year
30/12/2024 … Here are the most-read news stories published on Chortle this year.
© Hungry Bear Media Meet The Beaver, The Inhaler, Hernia and Tortoise
Interviews with the comedians taking part in Celebrity Gladiators
30/12/2024 … Comedians Rob Beckett, Joel Dommett and Ellie Taylor take part in a celebrity Gladiators special on New Year's Day alongside presenter Louise Minchin.