Free Edinburgh venue falls to Gilded Balloon
'Big 4' venue expands into Counting House
25/02/2016 … Edinburgh’s Counting House pub is to be part of the Gilded Balloon complex at this year's Fringe, after nine years of being a free venue.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 25 February 2016
Eddie Izzard stands for Labour's NEC
'I will stand up for ordinary people'
25/02/2016 … <p> Eddie Izzard is standing for a place on Labour’s ruling executive.
Student award: Who's your Lincoln favourite?
25/02/2016 … Polls have now opened for the People's Choice award for the Lincoln heat of the Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Wed 24 February 2016
Baconface gets his own radio show
24/02/2016 … Stewart Lee's 'inspiration', Baconface, is to present his own radio show.
Is this the UK's most prolific joke thief?
The Tory who's ten times worse than Keith Chegwin
24/02/2016 … The former leader of young Conservatives in Wales is selling comedians’ jokes without their knowledge.
A show of Hans: Teeuwen returns to the UK
24/02/2016 … DUTCH comedian Hans Teeuwen is to return to the UK this autumn for his first tour in six year.
Tue 23 February 2016
Colman and Barratt's dark new roles
23/02/2016 … This brooding picture has just been released by Channel 4 to tease their new dark comedy-drama Flowers, starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt.
Radio 4's answer to John Oliver?
Andrew Maxwell pilots in-depth satire show
23/02/2016 … Andrew Maxwell has landed a late-night, topical news pilot for Radio 4.