Jim Jefferies hits the UK
05/03/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,013 events Chortle currently has listed.
Sun 05 March 2023
© Netflix Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
Review of his live Netflix special that addressed the Will Smith slap
05/03/2023 … This is when a stand-up special becomes the news.
© BBC BBC orders a new series of Mrs Brown's Boys
The first non-festive run since 2013
05/03/2023 … The BBC has ordered a new mini-series of Mrs Brown’s Boys.
Sat 04 March 2023
© BBC French and Saunders join The Traitors
For a Comic Relief sketch with Claudia Winkleman and Mary Berry
04/03/2023 … Claudia Winkleman, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to star in a Comic Relief sketch based around The Traitors.
Fri 03 March 2023
© Nadin Sh/Pexels What's the proper way to eat pasta?
03/03/2023 … Tweets of the week Windsor Framework? I loved him in It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
Brad Williams at Just For Laughs London
Review of the visiting US stand-up
03/03/2023 … American comedian and little person Brad Williams makes his UK debut not in one of London’s many fine comedy clubs but in a freezing Spiegeltent erected outside…
© Mark Grey (Studio Grey) West End New Act of the Year final
Review of 15 new acts (plus one pro headliner...)
03/03/2023 … Set up in 2022 to give a profile boost to new comedians struggling post-pandemic, the West End New Act of the Year showcases a lot of acts – no fewer than…
Nava Mau joins Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer
Shooting wraps on Netflix adaptation
03/03/2023 … Nava Mau has joined the Netflix adaptation of Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer.