Galway comedy festival announces its 2018 line-up
...including Rhys Darby's new special
28/08/2018 … Tickets have today gone on sale for this year’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival - a week-long festival in Galway on the West Coast of Ireland.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 28 August 2018
How The Onion helped America laugh again
Watch a new short film about comedy in the wake of 9/11
28/08/2018 … A new short film has been released showing how satirical news outlet The Onion reacted to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Mo Gilligan to host Q Awards
Comic counts musicians among his fans
28/08/2018 … Mo Gilligan is to host the Q music awards, it has been announced today.
Louis CK returns to stand-up
Ovation – and criticism – for his surprise appearance at New York club
28/08/2018 … Louis CK has made his first stand-up appearance since his sexual misconduct scandal broke.
Mon 27 August 2018
My Dad Wrote A Porno signs HBO deal
Podcast's live show to become a comedy special
27/08/2018 … Hit podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno is to be made into an HBO comedy special.
Adam Hills to host a Spicks and Specks reunion
One-off for Australian music quiz
27/08/2018 … Adam Hills is to make a one-off version of his Australian music panel show Spicks and Specks.
The eyes have it
Olaf Falafel and Lou Sanders win Edinburgh Poster Awards
27/08/2018 … Lou Sanders and Olaf Falafel have each won £500 in the Comedy Poster Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Sun 26 August 2018
Neil Simon dies at 91
‘One of the finest writers of comedy in American literary history'
26/08/2018 … Neil Simon, the playwright behind such comedies as The Odd Couple, has died at the age of 91.