Man charged over comedy club attack
...as venue blames comic for inflaming the situation
25/01/2018 … Police have arrested the man they think launched a savage attack on comedian Steve Brown at a US comedy club this weekend.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 25 January 2018
Wed 24 January 2018
World premiere for Josie Long's first film
Super November debuts at Glasgow Film Festival
24/01/2018 … Josie Long’s first feature film, Super November, is to receive its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival in March.
NextUp specials released on DVD
Titles from Colin Hoult, Jordan Brookes, Rachel Parris and Lou Sanders
24/01/2018 … Comedy-on-demand service NextUp has signed a DVD deal to release some of its stand-up specials as physical products.
Netflix comic accused of 'hate speech'
Campaigners demand Tom Segura’s special be censored
24/01/2018 … Netflix are facing demands to censor a new comedy special because it uses the word ‘retarded’.
Johnny Vegas: My outburst was just a joke
Comic responds to awards incident
24/01/2018 … Johnny Vegas has confirmed that his outburst at last night’s National Television Awards was just a joke.
Stewart Francis announces his farewell tour
Mock The Week comedian hangs up his mic
24/01/2018 … Canadian one-line merchant Stewart Francis has announced his farewell comedy tour.
Tue 23 January 2018
© Andy Hollingworth Romesh Ranganathan pilots new Sky gameshow
...in which celebs predict the events of 2018
23/01/2018 … Romesh Ranganathan is piloting a gameshow for Sky One about predicting the events of 2018.
Russia pulls Death of Stalin
Premiere axed over fears it's 'extremist'
23/01/2018 … The Russian premiere of Death of Stalin has reportedly been called off, after outraging some government figures.