Bumper pay rise for Stand comedy club staff
Lowest paid get 13.6 per cent under Unite deal
27/02/2024 … More than 100 staff at the Stand comedy clubs are to get a bumper pay rise.
2024 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 27 February 2024
© BBC Jason Manford joins Waterloo Road
Playing new headeacher Steve Savage
27/02/2024 … Jason Manford is to join the cast of Waterloo Road, playing new headteacher Steve Savage.
Mon 26 February 2024
© Fudge Park / BBC Comedy stars join BBC sitcom Daddy Issues
As first image released of stars stars Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey
26/02/2024 … A host of familiar comedy names have joined the cast of new BBC Three comedy Daddy Issues.
Jenny Eclair announces 2024 tour
...to tie in with her new memoir Jokes, Jokes, Jokes
26/02/2024 … Jenny Eclair has announced a new tour to coincide with her forthcoming memoir Jokes, Jokes, Jokes.
2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival programme out now
26/02/2024 … The full 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival programme has been released, with more than 600 shows taking over 150 venues from March 27 to April…
Kirkstall Abbey to host a comedy festival
Katherine Ryan headlines open-air all-dayer at Leeds landmark
26/02/2024 … A new comedy festival is to be held in the grounds of a ruined 12th Century monastary.
Sun 25 February 2024
Tony Law and Rich Wilson launch a podcast
25/02/2024 … He’s known for going on wild diversions in his stand-up - now Tony Law is challenged to stay on-topic in a new podcast.
Will you be Lucy's friend?
The best of the week's live comedy
25/02/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 7,252 events Chortle currently has listed.