The Skewer goes live
Festival gig for Jon Holmes's Radio 4 show, and the rest of the week's live comedy
24/07/2022 … 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…
Sun 24 July 2022
Comedians to take part in the Commonwealth Games*
24/07/2022 … Comedians Darren Harriott, Russell Kane, Tom Rosenthal and Suzi Ruffell are to take to part in a celebrity version of the Commonwealth Games.
James Acaster, Jamali Maddix and Matt Forde take British Podcast Awards
...but the night belongs to Dame Deborah James,
24/07/2022 … James Acaster and Jamali Maddix took home gongs at the British podcast awards last night.
Fri 22 July 2022
Adrian Edmondson to star as Scrooge
22/07/2022 … Adrian Edmondson is to play Ebenezer Scrooge in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of A Christmas Carol.
© BBC Studios Ladhood to end after third series
Goodbye to Liam Williams' coming-of-age comedy
22/07/2022 … Liam William’s BBC Three comedy Ladhood is coming to an end after three series.
© Matt Crockett NextUp reveals 50+ shows to be live-streamed from Edinburgh Fringe
22/07/2022 … Comedy streaming service NextUp have announced the full list of shows they will be broadcasting live from the Edinburgh Fringe.
Thu 21 July 2022
Comedians up for top documentary award
Joe Lycett and Jamie Macdonald shortlisted for a Grierson
21/07/2022 … Joe Lycett, blind comic Jamie Macdonald and Taskmaster’s Alice Levine have all been shortlisted for a prestigious award for being the best documentary presenter.
© Netflix Dave Chappelle’s show pulled just hours before curtain up
Gig axed amid ongoing row over transphobia
21/07/2022 … Dave Chappelle’s tour was last night booted out of the venue where he was due to perform amid a backlash over his material about trans people.