All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
£500 bursaries will help with accommodation costs
11/04/2022 … Comedian Sian Davies has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help working-class performers cover the spiralling cost of accommodation the Edinburgh Fringe.
© HBO 11/04/2022 … Larry David is to make a 12th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, he announced last night.
...and calls on theatres to run performances for audiences who want to wear masks
11/04/2022 … Comedian turned actor Liz Carr won the Olivier Award for best supporting actress last night.
© C4 ...and new shows from Lucy Beaumont and Catherine Tate this week
10/04/2022 … Here’s our pick of the best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand this week.
The best of the week's live comedy
10/04/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
With the Sugarcoated Sisters best newcomers
10/04/2022 … Jeff Japers has won this year’s Musical Comedy Award.
© BBC Complaints after series returned to iPlayer
08/04/2022 … The BBC has defended a Little Britain sketch of charges of racism after the comedy was restored to iPlayer.
'It'll be just like the good old days' he promises/threatens
08/04/2022 … Jim Davidson is making an ‘anti-woke’ panel show with ‘no snowflakes allowed’ that promises to be ‘just like the old days’.
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