Dylan Moran opens Leeds's new Glee Club
The best of the week's live comedy
23/03/2025 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
2025 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 23 March 2025
Joe Gatto denies sexual assault
But Impractical Jokers star admits to ‘poor judgment’ over fan encounter
23/03/2025 … Impractical Jokers star Joe Gatto has denied sexually assaulting a fan but admitted ‘poor judgment’ over their encounter.
© BBC Aisling Bea and Diane Morgan in Who Do You Think You Are?
Ancestors fought for Irish independence and the rights of their illegitimate children
23/03/2025 … Comedians Aisling Bea and Diane Morgan are taking part in the next series of the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? Genealogy researchers helped Philomena…
Sat 22 March 2025
Russian comic 'brutally beaten' by authorities over joke about Ukraine
22/03/2025 … BELARUS: Russian comedian Artemy Ostanin has reportedly been subjected to brutal treatment from Belarusian authorities after he was arrested trying to flee his homeland,…
Fri 21 March 2025
Katherine Ryan: I've had a second skin cancer diagnosis
After doctor told her mole was 'nothing to worry about'
21/03/2025 … Katherine Ryan has revealed she has been diagnosed with skin cancer for a second time.
Shalaka Kurup becomes a bonus Chortle Hotshot
Comic secures a place on our bursary scheme
21/03/2025 … Shalaka Kurup has joined the ranks of this year’s Chortle Hotshots, tipped for good things at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Improv pioneer Peter Wear dies at 81
Obituary of a linchpin from the early days of alternative comedy
21/03/2025 … Peter Wear – a pioneer of the British improv comedy scene and early performer on the alternative cabaret circuit – has died at the age of…
New venture for Joe Lycett’s TV producers
mily Hudd and Iain Wimbush set up Bango Studios
21/03/2025 … The producers behind Joe Lycett’s TV projects have launched a new production company.