Enjoy some alternative Christmas shenanigans
15/12/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,671 events Chortle currently has listed.
Sun 15 December 2024
Sat 14 December 2024
© Guy Levy/BBC Chris McCausland wins Strictly
Comedian is first blind contestant to take the glitterball
14/12/2024 … Chris McCausland won Strictly Come Dancing tonight in a display of joy and positivity that put the allegations of bullying that have dogged the show firmly to bed.
© Fox Malcolm In The Middle to return
Four new episodes of US sitcom to mark its 25th anniversary
14/12/2024 … Malcolm In The Middle is to be revived to make its 25th anniversary.
© Netflix Owen Wilson and Matt Rife to star in Rolling Loud
Comedy set in the hip-hop festival of the same name
14/12/2024 … Owen Wilson and Matt Rife, pictured, are to star in a comedy about a father and son attending a hip-hop festival together Shooting takes place at the Rolling…
Graham Linehan: I'm off
Outcast writer quits UK to make a US sitcom
14/12/2024 … His stance on trans rights has made him a pariah in UK comedy – now Graham Linehan is moving to America to make a sitcom.
Fri 13 December 2024
Take the wig and teeth off? That's what everyone would do... not me!
John Kearns on straddling the cult and the mainstream
13/12/2024 … John Kearns has joined forces with fellow Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Adam Riches to play mainstream musical double act Michael Ball and Alfie Boe in a Christmas…
More Comedy Stores set to open across the UK
Entertainment giant Live Nation to launch venues under franchise
13/12/2024 … More Comedy Store venues are set to open across the UK under a new deal with live entertainment giant Live Nation.
© zoetnet / Flickr Edinburgh Fringe Society hikes its ticket commission 25%
But registration fees say the same
13/12/2024 … The Edinburgh Fringe Society is hiking its commission from ticket sales by a quarter.