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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The giant mobile phone Dom Joly used in Trigger Happy TV has been stolen from an Amsterdam museum. The comedian broke the news on social media yesterday, saying he was ‘gutted’ at its disappearance, ...

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 ...

Richard Ayoade is adapting his novel, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes into a possible TV comedy series. The whimsical book is ...

Our fifth and final showcase takes place at The Gaffe comedy club in Bristol next Tuesday, February 25, with Sally-Anne ...