Ahead of a West End run of The Old Man & The Pool
25/05/2023 … Mike Birbiglia is to bring his latest one-man show The Old Man & The Pool to the Edinburgh Fringe and the West End, it has been announced.
Review of the opening night gig at the Glee, Cardiff
25/05/2023 … It’s surely not the most conducive of audiences, packed with industry types notoriously reticent when it comes to laughing out loud.
25/05/2023 … BBC Comedy has launched a second regional partnership scheme, this time in Wales, to encourage local talent.
Dave Cohen and James Cary call time after eight years and 222 episods
25/05/2023 … Sitcom Geeks, the podcast for comedy writers, is to end after eight years.
Broadcaster announces its Comedy Collective bursary winners
25/05/2023 … The BBC has today named ten promising comedy creatives to receive a ‘supercharged’ bursary to boost their work.
© Amazon Studios Including Aisling Bea, Deirdre O'Kane, Jason Byrne and Catherine Bohar
25/05/2023 … Aisling Bea, Jason Byrne and Catherine Bohart are among the comedians taking part in reality format LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland.
Beano reveals the top ten jokes
25/05/2023 … A Nottinghamshire school has been named the UK’s funniest class by Beano comic, thanks to their joke: ‘What happened to the math teacher’s garden?…
© BBC Director of comedy Jon Petrie calls for HMRC help for the genre
24/05/2023 … BBC Director of Comedy Jon Petrie has called for tax relief for producers making TV comedy.
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