BRIGHTON: Following a short run at London's Soho Theatre, quirky musical comedian Huge Davies hits the road proper with his new show Album For My Ancestors (Dead), starting at the Komedia and ending ...

RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES: Comedian Rhys James – whose first novel was announced last week – returns to face a new batch of trivia challenges in a champions' week showdown with presenters Edith ...

Baby Reindeer won three prizes at last night’s Spirit Awards for independent TV and film, held in Santa Monica, California. Richard Gadd won for lead performance in a new scripted series, Nava Mau ...

Lynne Marie Stewart, who played Charlie’s mum Bonnie on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, has died at the age of 78. The ...

Louise Atkinson has won Leicester Comedy Festival’s Comedian of the Year 2025 award. The comic, originally from Hull but now based in London, already has two Edinburgh hows under her belt, and has ...

Christopher Bliss breaks down the opening scene of his hard-edged soap opera Bangmouth Village in this creator’s commentary. He warns under-25s not to watch the footage, given it contains ‘some pretty ...

Everyone knows comedy works best in slightly shabby low-ceilinged rooms, preferably underground. Yet Cadogan Hall, just off the very well-heeled Sloane Square in Chelsea, is an elegant concert hall ...

American stand-ups Wanda Sykes, Sarah Silveman and Mark Normand have all announced UK dates this monrning. It what will be ...

A wonderful, timeless alchemy of superb writing, memorable characters and sublime performances have ensured that this comedy about three isolated, eccentric priests and their batty housekeeper, living ...

Camp comedian Craig Hill had hs first public success at the age of ten when he won a talent contest in his native East Kilbride, impersonating Cleo Laine. He never looked back, going on to enter dance ...

They say laughter is the best medicine… now patients are set to get comedy gigs on prescription. A scheme offering comedy to improve people's mental health and reduce NHS costs is being trialled in a ...

The semi-finalists for the 2025 Chortle Student Comedy Award. Aspiring stand-ups will appear in five showcases next month in the hope of following the likes of Joe Lycett, Phil Wang, Jamali Maddix, Ed ...