Chortle Student Comedy Award 2023: Part 3
Watch clips from the contestants' sets
09/03/2023 … Here are the competitors from heats 7 to 9 of the Chortle Student Comedy Award.
2023 Archives
Thu 09 March 2023
Eddie Izzard’s Great Expectations to hit the West End
Comic to portray 19 characters in retelling Dickens' classic
09/03/2023 … Eddie Izzard’s solo version of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is heading to the West End later this year.
Wed 08 March 2023
Seinfeld's woven into my DNA
Hollywood comedy writer Joe Mande picks his comedy favourites
08/03/2023 … Hacks writer Joe Mande – who is bringing his stand-up show to London’s Soho Theatre later this month – picks his Perfect Playlist of comedy…
Trailer for Big Door Prize
Chris O’Dowd's new Apple TV+ comedy
08/03/2023 … Here's the first trailer for Big Door Prize, the new Apple TV+ comedy starring Chris O’Dowd.
Write it, even if it's rubbish...
Six comedians give advice to women starting out in comedy
08/03/2023 … Considering getting into comedy? Here six stand-ups performing at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival give their advice.
© HBO Barry to end after series 4
End of the line for Bill Hader's hitman
08/03/2023 … Acclaimed dark comedy Barry is coming to an end, US broadcaster HBO has announced.
Call me Suzy, says Eddie Izzard
Trans comic reveals an alternative identity
08/03/2023 … Eddie Izzard has already adopted she/her pronouns – and now the comic has announced a feminine name she’ll also be going by.
Tue 07 March 2023
© Dan Samu / Pixabay Which film has the most laughs per minute?
07/03/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.