Two performers have launched a crowdfunding campaign to establish a permanent home for improv in Brighton. Heather Urquhart and Jules Munns are part of the city’s well-established Maydays troupe, who ...

Before the alternative comedy revolution and the political satire of Peter Cook and Lenny Bruce during the 1960s counter-culture revolution, there was the French Revolution And before the French ...

The stars of Goodness Gracious Me are to reunite ahead of its 30th anniversary. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal and Anil Gupta will be talking about their groundbreaking sketch show at Bristol’s ...

Comedy stars Josh Widdicombe, Ivo Graham, Jamali Maddix, Rob Beckett, Kerry Godliman and Jen Brister are uniting for a benefit gig for Palestine. The stand-ups will play the Hackney Empire in East ...

Damian Lewis and Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton have joined the cast of Jimmy Carr’s Downton Abbey spoof, Fackham Hall. The period film – said to be in the vein of Airplane! and Monty Python – has been ...

Juno Birch’s shtick is that she’s from an alien world – well, Runcorn, really, but close enough – while insisting: ‘I come in peace’ ...

David Walliams and Matt Lucas are planning a podcast and a stage show – while they are also in talks with Netflix over a TV series. The pair were first linked to the streamer in 2022 when it was ...

Clarke – host of BBC Radio Scotland’s topical panel show Breaking The News – said: ‘It’s such a joy to be part of Hogmanay on BBC Scotland. 2024 has been filled with so many incredible moments, and I ...

The comic has now performed in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Hindi, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Mandarin and the Indian language of Konkani.

James Acaster has told of how he once missed an international gig – because he’d binged on too much ice-cream. The comedian said he went into a ‘hibernation state’ after gouging himself on Ben & Jerry ...

ITV police comedy Piglets has been commissioned for a second series, star Ricky Champ has revealed. The show got a mixed reaction when it launched in July – as well as criticism from the Police ...

Stephen Colbert has the perfect answer for those who said a Donald Trump victory is good for satirists. Speaking on The Late Show after the election vote came in, the comedian said: ‘As a late-night ...