We need a big, bold new sketch show
...says the Fast Show's Charlie Higson
19/06/2018 … Charlie Higson says comedy sometimes has to be offensive to be effective.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 19 June 2018
© Eva Rinaldi Will Ferrell to make a Eurovision comedy
19/06/2018 … Will Ferrell is to make a comedy movie based around the Eurovision Song Contest.
Mon 18 June 2018
Rare stage role for Ruth Jones
18/06/2018 … Gavin & Stacey star and co-creator Ruth Jones is to make a rare stage appearance in a new comedy play.
Hannah Gadsby pulls out of the Edinburgh Fringe
Award-winner cites other commitments as her show drops on Netflix
18/06/2018 … Hannah Gadsby has dropped out of the Edinburgh Fringe, citing scheduling conflicts.
Aussie comics up for Helpmann Award
18/06/2018 … Some of the best-known names in Australian comedy have been nominated for this year’s Helpmann awards.
Candlelit vigil honours murdered Eurydice Dixon
Thousands gather to reclaim the park where comedian died
18/06/2018 … Thousands of people gave gathered for a candlelit vigil for the comedian Eurydice Dixon, who was killed walking home from a gig in Melbourne.
RTÉ picks four sitcoms to pilot
New drive to find a hit Irish comedy to export
18/06/2018 … Four sitcom pilots are to air on RTÉ television as part of a new drive to find the next Irish comedy hit.
Sun 17 June 2018
Porn fills the Royal Albert Hall
The best of the week's live comedy
17/06/2018 … The best of the week's live comedy.