Meet the winners of this year's David Nobbs comedy writing prize
24/07/2024 … Alice Etches has won this year’s £1,000 David Nobbs Memorial Trust prize for comedy writing, set up in honour of the Reggie Perrin creator.
Wed 24 July 2024
© Ricardo Liberato/CC BY-SA 2.0 'Benny Hill was a bad motherfucker'
Snoop Dogg on his unexpected love for a comedy icon
24/07/2024 … He’s not the obvious Benny Hill fanboy, but Snoop Dogg has been waxing lyrical about his love of the old-school British comic, despite him long falling out…
Tue 23 July 2024
First tour for BGT comedian Alex Mitchell
20 dates for stand-up who jokes about his tics
23/07/2024 … Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Alex Mitchell has announced his first tour.
Surprise London gigs for SNL's Michael Che
23/07/2024 … Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che has announced a last-minute batch of low-key shows in London.
How much do you remember about The Mask, 30 years on?
Try our trivia quiz about the Jim Carrey classic
23/07/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
I once asked a comic if they were going to the Fringe, at the Fringe
Celya AB on the best and worst of Edinburgh
23/07/2024 … Celya AB is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe with her show Of All People, which will be at Pleasance Courtyard at 5.
Edinburgh Fringe: 10 Melbourne hits
Comedy shows that have already made a splash down under
23/07/2024 … There's always a good two-way trade between Edinburgh and the world's biggest comedy-only festival down under.
Seven ways to fix the Fringe
Mabel Thomas has some suggestions
23/07/2024 … The consensus is that the Edinburgh Fringe is at breaking point, having grown so big that costs – especially for accommodation – have skyrocketed, pricing…