Mike Birbiglia and a hella new stand-up tours
10/09/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,314 events Chortle currently has listed.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 10 September 2023
Relive the best of Edinburgh...
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
10/09/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week… not that very much new comedy is being launched at all.
Sat 09 September 2023
Bridget Christie's The Change heads to Australia
09/09/2023 … Bridget Christie comedy The Change has been sold to Australia.
Mike Yarwood dies at 82
21million watched impressionist in his heyday
09/09/2023 … Comedian and impersonator Mike Yarwood has died at the age of 82.
Fri 08 September 2023
Joe Wilkinson writes a book about his ‘utterly pointless life’
Illustrated by fellow comedian Henry Paker
08/09/2023 … Joe Wilkinson has written an alleged autobiography about his ‘utterly pointless life’.
Sky orders Chris O'Dowd's Small Town, Big Story
Comedy about a Hollywood film being shot in Ireland
08/09/2023 … Sky has ordered a comedy-drama from Chris O’Dowd about a Hollywood film being shot in smalltown Ireland.
© Channel 4/Avalon Jenny Eclair joins Taskmaster: The People’s Podcast
08/09/2023 … Jenny Éclair is taking over as host of Taskmaster: The People’s Podcast from Lou Sanders.
Another two theatres shut over crumbling concrete
RAAC probes at St David’s Hall in Cardiff and the Dixon Studio in Essex
08/09/2023 … St David’s Hall in Cardiff and the Dixon Studio in Essex have become the latest venues forced to close after the discovery of potentially crumbling concrete.