Egg find out if fame's all its cracked up to be
New podcast from Emily Lloyd-Saini and Anna Leong Brophy
24/07/2023 … Comedy double act Egg – aka Emily Lloyd-Saini and Anna Leong Brophy – are launching a new podcast based on celebrity.
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Mon 24 July 2023
Trevor Noah writes a new book
Into The Uncut Grass is 'an adventure for readers of all ages’
24/07/2023 … Trevor Noah has written an adventure book ‘for readers of all ages’.
© Abi Skipp/CC BY-SA 2.0 Gilded Balloon Teviot to close for 2024
And So You Think You're Funny?'s future in doubt
24/07/2023 … Gilded Balloon’s main venue will be closed at next year’s Edinburgh Fringe, it has been revealed.
'The open-mic circuit's too competitive. I want to make it nicer'
How one comedian is trying to take the pressure off new acts
24/07/2023 … Stand-up Carl Carzana says he’s on a mission to make comedy nights ‘nice’ – by reinventing the circuit’s brutal roast battles and gong…
'Stay one step ahead of AI. Our livelihoods depend on us being human'
Morwenna Banks' advice to comedy writing graduates as she gets an honorary fellowship
24/07/2023 … Comedy star and writer Morwenna Banks has been awarded an honorary fellowship by Falmouth University.
Sun 23 July 2023
Take a gamble on the Paddy Power Comedy Festival
The best of the week's live comedy
23/07/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Rachel Parris pilots a topical Radio 4 comedy show
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
23/07/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Tuesday July 25 AMBASSADORS: This three-episode series from 2013 stars David Mitchell and Robert…
Thu 20 July 2023
© Peter Rogan Ken Dodd becomes a museum piece
Major exhibition to comedian opens this autumn
20/07/2023 … A new exhibition celebrating Ken Dodd is to open at the Museum of Liverpool this autumn.