The nominees have been announced for Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival's Awards 2015. They include Romesh Ranganathan, Andrew Ryan, Pippa Evans, Alex Edelman, Jim Smallman, Phil Jerrod, Mark... more
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30 Rock’s Tina Fey called it “the happiest time of my life”, Mike Myers said it “felt like I got accepted to Harvard”. They are just two performers who cut their comedy teeth at Second City... more
The Udderbelly has announced a new batch of shows for its 2015 season on London’s South Bank.Just confirmed for the April 9 - July 19 Festival are the following: Sara Pascoe, Andrew Maxwell, Hal... more
Tom Little from Cumbria has been crowned Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year tonight at Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival. Little, who is now based in Salford, was chosen by the judges as the... more
March 7th 2015 would have been Rik Mayall’s 57th birthday and to mark the occasion Radio 4 Extra brings listeners the first radio broadcast of The Last Hurrah - Interview with the... more
This year's Chortle Awards nominations have been announced. Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award 2014 Panel Prize winners Funz & Gamez lead the pack with four nominations. The full list of nominees is... more
Rob Delaney, the co-star of acclaimed Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe, has announced live shows in the UK in June. He will be appearing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall from Wednesday, June 24 to Friday,... more
A group of stand-up comedians is going to attempt to perform a gig on the world’s highest mountain in October 2015. This follows plans to do the Everest gig last year, which had to be postponed.Among... more
Comedy costume drama Hunderby is to return to Sky Atlantic with a two-hour Christmas special. Sky has announced that filming due to commence this Spring.It had previously been reported that there... more
A new comedy night opens in London this Thursday called Guerilla Busfare and you have to admire its ambitious manifesto: “It’s a celebration of creative, alternative comedy and it comes in all shapes... more
