A new aria of expertise
Opera star launches stand-up contest
26/01/2007 … Opera singer Jane Gilchrist has tried her hand at stand-up – as part of a drive to attract comedy hopefuls to a new BBC talent hunt.
2007 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 26 January 2007
Thu 25 January 2007
Grammer 'set for TV return'
25/01/2007 … Frasier star Kelsey Grammer could be returning to TV comedy in a new show set in a local TV news station.
Phoenix rising - in Spain
Dave Spikey lookalike plans tribute venue
25/01/2007 … A Dave Spikey lookalike is hoping to open his own Phoenix Nights club - in Spain.
Blackface, blackballed
25/01/2007 … A club has axed a white comic who ‘blacks up’ as part of his drag act in the face of furious protest.
Dying to get on TV
25/01/2007 … A wake is to be held for Bernard Manning later this year.
Wed 24 January 2007
The heats are on...
24/01/2007 … The line-ups for the 12 regional heats of Chortle’s hunt for the best student comedians in Britain have been revealed today.
Jim's cancer tribute
Star-studded thank-you to son's carers
24/01/2007 … Jim Tavare is organising a star-studded charity gig to thank the hospital that treated his eight-year-old son’s cancer.
Tue 23 January 2007
Is this joke PC?
Meet the computerised stand-up
23/01/2007 … What could be the world’s first computerised comedian has made its debut on the UK circuit.