Student Comedy Award 2022 semi-finals announced
See the best up-and-coming comedians
28/02/2022 … Chortle today announces the five semi-finals in our annual student comedy award.
2022 Archives
Mon 28 February 2022
© Matt Nicholson Brighton comedy club donates its profits to Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy 'is having the toughest gig imaginable'
28/02/2022 … Profits from Brighton’s newest comedy club are to be donated to humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
David Byrne immortalises Daniel Kitson in song
...thanks to a new track from Australian pop singer Montaigne
28/02/2022 … David Byrne has namechecked Daniel Kitson in a new song.
James Acaster stars in new music video
28/02/2022 … James Acaster stars in a new music video from Pictish Trail, released today The video for It Came Back starts with a Zoom-style interview in which the Scottish…
#CancelKarenDunbar
Review of the BBC Scotland documentary about offence and comedy
28/02/2022 … With the possible exception of 18th Century statue-making, comedy is the artform that seems most affected by the raging culture wars.
New cult comedy festival launched
Two-day takeover of London arts festival
28/02/2022 … The OSO Arts Centre in Barnes, South West London, is launching a two-day April Fool cult comedy festival.
Ted Lasso scoops three SAG awards
Acting accolades for Apple TV+ comedy
28/02/2022 … Ted Lasso was a double winner at the Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles last night.
Sun 27 February 2022
The comedy past of Volodymyr Zelenskyy
From playing a sex-crazed dentist, to hero of the Ukranians
27/02/2022 … Electing TV jokers to hight office has not always worked out.