Funny Women 2025 open for entries
Now sponsored by the BBC's Funny Parts digital channel
02/04/2025 … This year’s Funny Women awards have opened for entries, with BBC Studios’ digital comedy channel Funny Parts announced as the main sponsor.
Wed 02 April 2025
Tue 01 April 2025
Glasgow Comedy Festival claims a record year
01/04/2025 … The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has claimed a record year, with more than 61,000 comedy fans buying tickets to its 605 shows.
Mon 31 March 2025
Fry & Laurie biography updated
Including 20 new unseen sketches
31/03/2025 … The official biography of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie’s double act has been updated for its paperback release next month.
Sat 29 March 2025
Anna completes the Chortle Student Comedy Award final line-up
Oxford PhD candidate wins the People's Choice place
29/03/2025 … Anna Rae George has been selected as the last finalist in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award following a public vote.
Fri 28 March 2025
Comic seeks pub yarns for new book
Marc Jennings teams up with Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn
28/03/2025 … Glasgow-based comedian Marc Jennings is helping Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn compile the country’s funniest stories for a new book of pub banter and confessions.
Thu 27 March 2025
London theatre to set up a sketch comedy collective
Inspired by The Groundlings that launched so many American stars
27/03/2025 … London’s Seven Dials Playhouse is hoping to set up a sketch comedy collective along the likes of The Groundlings.
Wed 26 March 2025
© Eva Pentel End Of The Road announces its 2025 comedy line-up
With Adam Buxton, Stewart Lee and Grace Campbell
26/03/2025 … Adam Buxton, Stewart Lee and Grace Campbell will be playing this year’s End Of The Road festival, it has been announced.
The 2025 Melbourne comedy festival gets under way
With more than 1,000 comedians in 690 shows
26/03/2025 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival gets under way today This year, 690 shows – made up of more than 1,000 performers including 130 international…