George Egg wins a culinary prize
Comic's Snack Hacker videos sccop a Fortnum & Mason award
03/05/2024 … Comedian and cook George Egg has won an award for his comedy cooking videos.
2024 Archives
Fri 03 May 2024
The man who sent a thousand weird theatre kids to clown school
03/05/2024 … Reviewer Tim Harding gives a rundown of the best comedy he's been watching in London this past fortnight.
© BBC/Richard Ansett Inside No 9 to hit the West End
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith to star in Stage/Fright,
03/05/2024 … Inside No 9 is to become a stage play.
First 2024 Chortle Student Comedy finalists named
Meet the acts who got through the first semi-final
03/05/2024 … The first finalists in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award have been named.
Beyond compere...
Ben Heal says the three-acts-and-an-MC formula has had its day
03/05/2024 … If an award laden long-format Edinburgh Fringe show is the critical high-water mark and the killing floor gong shows the lowest ebb of UK stand-up comedy –…
Gavin and Stacey to return
One last episode on Christmas Day, James Corden confirms
03/05/2024 … Gavin and Stacey is to return for one last episode on Christmas Day.
Thu 02 May 2024
© Chortle John Cleese: The literal-minded are the enemy of comedy
Comedy legend speaks at the launch of the Fawlty Towers play
02/05/2024 … John Cleese says he has a problem with ‘the literal-minded’ responding to his comedy, as they don’t get the jokes.
Irish comedian Michael Downey dies
Tributes paid to a 'gentle giant' of the circuit
02/05/2024 … Tributes have been paid to Irish comedian Michael Downey, after his family announced his death yesterday.