Liz Carr wins an Olivier award
...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.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 11 April 2022
Sun 10 April 2022
© C4 Taskmaster and Derry Girls return!
...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.
Flantastic! The Tiswas team reunite
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.
Jeff Japers wins Musical Comedy Award
With the Sugarcoated Sisters best newcomers
10/04/2022 … Jeff Japers has won this year’s Musical Comedy Award.
Fri 08 April 2022
© BBC BBC defends Little Britain's racist language
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.
Jim Davidson makes an 'anti-woke' panel show
'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’.
Harry Hill’s Tony Blair musical gets a London premiere
Comic says the ex-PM's life is 'epic - operatic even'
08/04/2022 … Harry Hill’s musical about Tony Blair is to have its official premiere in London this summer.
Thu 07 April 2022
Whoopi Goldberg cast in Anansi Boys
Playing Bird Woman in the Amazon adaptation
07/04/2022 … Whoopi Goldberg has been cast as Bird Woman in the Amazon Studios adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel Anansi Boys.