54 stand-ups head to the Oxford Comedy Festival
23/05/2023 … Oxford Comedy Festival is back with a month of Edinburgh Fringe previews.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 23 May 2023
Tom Binns sentencing adjourned
Further hearing to be held over his child pornography charges
23/05/2023 … Tom Binns is expected to learn his fate for possessing child pornography in August.
Reginald D Hunter announces 2023 tour
The Man Who Could See Through Shit
23/05/2023 … Reginald D Hunter has announced a new stand-up tour, The Man Who Could See Through Shit.
Mon 22 May 2023
© Rose d'Or Cambridge Footlights introduces 'sensitivity readers'
...and of course John Cleese isn't happy about it
22/05/2023 … The Cambridge Footlights – arguably Britain’s most prolific hothouse for up-and-coming comedians – has launched a ‘sensitivity reading’…
Guy Montgomery wins Sydney Comedy Festival's top prize
22/05/2023 … New Zealand comedian Guy Montgomery has won the top prize at the Sydney Comedy Festival.
Losing Bloods
22/05/2023 … Sky has axed its paramedics comedy Bloods, even though work had already started on a third series.
China bans Nigel Ng from social media
Clampdown against Uncle Roger comedian
22/05/2023 … Nigel Ng’s popular Uncle Roger accounts have been suspended from social media in China in what appears to be the Beijing regime’s latest crackdown…
Andy Parsons announces 2023 tour
Bafflingly Optimistic to hit the road after Edinburgh Fringe run
22/05/2023 … Former Mock The Week regular Andy Parsons has announced an autumn tour.