Standing up for the Windrush families
The best of the week's live comedy
18/06/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 18 June 2022
© Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels Watching TV comedies increases the risk of stomach pains
...but laughing with friends decreases it
18/06/2022 … Watching sitcoms could give you indigestion, scientists have suggested – but laughing with friends is likely to reduce it.
Fri 17 June 2022
BBC offers free comedy workshops
17/06/2022 … The BBC is running a series of free comedy workshops on Zoom this weekend.
Bobby Ball statue to be unveiled
17/06/2022 … A statue of Bobby Ball is to be unveiled in his Lancashire hometown on August 28, it has been announced.
Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards to revive The Lavender Hill Mob
Ealing comedy adapted for stage
17/06/2022 … Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards are to star in a new stage version of the classic Ealing comedy The Lavender Hill Mob.
© UKTV David Mitchell to make another series of Outsiders
And six new comedians named as contestants
17/06/2022 … David Mitchell is to front a second series of Outsiders for Dave, the broadcaster has announced.
Thu 16 June 2022
London gets a new comedy podcast festival
With Richard Herring, Angela Barnes, Pappy's and more
16/06/2022 … London is to get a new comedy podcast festival this autumn.
21Soho owner pushes its production arm
New hire to work on podcasts, TV and digital
16/06/2022 … TicketText Group, the company behind London comedy venues 2Northdown and 21Soho, is expanding its TV, digital and podcast production business.