Red Nose Day total rises to £35.3m
But still down on previous years
21/03/2023 … The total raised on Red Nose Day has risen to £35.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 21 March 2023
Last Vaults festival in Waterloo claims record audience
More than 80,000 people saw shows there
21/03/2023 … London’sVault Festival has marked the end of its decade-long run in the tunnels beneath Waterloo station by claiming a record-breaking year.
London's Always Be Comedy launches its own podcast
21/03/2023 … This week’s podcast news… • Chortle award-winning London comedy club Always Be Comedy has launched its own podcast in which stand-ups sit down…
Chris McCausland's played a blinder!
Blind comic joins reality series where everyone's kept in the dark
21/03/2023 … Chris McCausland has signed up for a new Channel 4 reality show – where his blindness will prove a definite advantage.
Mon 20 March 2023
Jason Dawson joins UKTV's comedy commissioning team
New signing was previously a producer at Avalon
20/03/2023 … UKTV have appointed comedy producer Jason Dawson to its commissioning team.
© Steve Ullathorne Stewart Lee and Bridget Christie return to the Fringe
The Stand announces a new raft of comedy shows
20/03/2023 … Stewart Lee, Paul Sinha, Robin Ince and Bridget Christie are announcing Edinburgh Fringe runs today.
© BBC Studios/Alan Peebles Mrs Brown’s Boys back on tour with a 'classic play'
Mrs Brown Rides Again revived after a decade
20/03/2023 … Mrs Brown’s Boys are going back on the road again.
© Trica Yourkevick/BBC Ken Cheng scoops radio comedy award
And Please Use Other Door named best sketch show
20/03/2023 … Ken Cheng has won a BBC Audio Drama Award for his stand-up show Chinese Comedian.