Amy Gledhill announces 2027 tour

22/04/2026 … Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Amy Gledhill has announced a 2027 tour, Thanks For Having Me.

West End new act 2026 finalists names

...as Bath Comedy Festival crowns its winner

22/04/2026 … The finalists have been named for the 2026 West End New Act of the Year.

Roundhouse  Comedy Festival announces its line-up

Including Frank Skinner, Kristen Schaal, Sam Campbell and Joe Lycett

21/04/2026 … The line-up has been announced for the Roundhouse  Comedy Festival, which is returning to the  Camden venue three years after its debut.

Six picked for Welsh comedy scheme

Developing ideas for C4 and S4C

21/04/2026 … Six comedy writer-performers have been selected for Comedy Lab Cymru, a development scheme run jointly by S4C, Channel 4 and production company Little Wander.

Chris O’Dowd joins Bill Burr in Bender

'Superbad meets Derry Girls'

21/04/2026 … Chris O’Dowd is to join Bill Burr on the coming-of-age comedy Bender.

Help MPs understand misogyny in comedy

Survey now open

16/04/2026 … Comedy industry body Craft is running a survey to help the government compile an up-to-date picture of sexism in the sector.

Shedinburgh to return to the Fringe

...before opening in London too

15/04/2026 … Intimate pop-up venue Shedinburgh is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe this year – before making its  London debut.

Sue Perkins to interview Dawn French

To launch her new novel

14/04/2026 … Sue Perkins will interview Dawn French as part of a live theatre tour this spring, it has been announced.