Fin Taylor announces 2023 tour dates
With his new show about mental health, Daddy Self-Care
27/07/2022 … Fin Taylor has announced a 20-date tour for spring 2023.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 27 July 2022
Tue 26 July 2022
© Matt Crockett Joe Lycett reveals his Commonwealth Games role
Birmingham comic will be part of the opening ceremony
26/07/2022 … Joe Lycett has revealed he is taking part in the opening ceremony of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Comedian denied a gig for being 'openly Jewish'
And where were the fellow comics calling this out, asks Katie Price
26/07/2022 … A comedian has told of how she was turned down for a gig because she was ‘too Jewish’.
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee cancelled
Groundbreaking talk show axed after seven seasons
26/07/2022 … American talk show Full Frontal With Samantha Bee has been axed after seven seasons.
© ITV/Monkey Fourth series for Don’t Hate The Playaz
ITV recommissions hip-hop comedy panel show
26/07/2022 … ITV2 has commissioned a fourth series of its hip-hop comedy panel show Don’t Hate The Playaz.
Brits make Montreal festival's tips for the top
Catherine Bohart, Rhys James, Sophie Duker and Suzi Ruffell make Just For Laughs New Faces showcase
26/07/2022 … Catherine Bohart, Rhys James, Sophie Duker and Suzi Ruffell have made the cut for one of the major international showcases for breakout comedians.
Mon 25 July 2022
Comedy Walking Tour podcast launched
25/07/2022 … Comedian Sam Fletcher is launching a new podcast – mixing walking tours with ‘silly’ interviews.
Sun 24 July 2022
© Ralf Lotys/CC BY-SA 4.0 A very good sign!
Edinburgh's Free Festival shows to offer BSL interpretation for the first time
24/07/2022 … The Laughing Horse’s Free Festival is to offer British Sign Language translation for the first time.