The winner of this year's Funny Women Final has been chosen.It is musical comedian Harriet Braine.The final took place at Koko in Camden Town. It was sponsored by Benefit Cosmetics and judged by a... more
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Ross Noble has extended his 15th stand-up comedy tour, Brain Dump, due to popular demand. He will now play a further 21 dates throughout January and February next year,... more
Ricky Tomlinson has said that Caroline Aherne should have had a state funeral.He was speaking on ITV1's Good Morning Britain and paid a moving tribute to Aherne who died earlier this year. ... more
The line-ups have been announced for the 2016 Fringe Comedy Award Shows at the Lyric Theatre in London. Traditionally these shows have featured the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees and while these... more
The first acts have been announced for this year's Altitude Festival in the Austrian ski resort of Mayrhofen.They include Terry Alderton, Andrew Maxwell. Marcus Brigstocke, ... more
Forbes has released a list of The World’s Highest-Paid Comedians 2016. Kevin Hart leads with a whopping $87.5m, more than double the next entrant to the list.Amy Schumer is the first woman to make... more
Amazon Prime has confirmed that following a succesful pilot comedian/actor Peter Serafinowicz will star in their forthcoming series as unlikely superhero The Tick.In a world where superheroes... more
Daniel Kitson has decided to release a recording one of his best shows.2013's After The Beginning, Before The End is available on Bandcamp as a digital download for £5 here. He says in his... more
Jon Holmes has been dropped from BBC satire show The Now Show. Mitch Benn, who is best known for his musical numbers, is also leaving.Holmes commented on the news on Twitter, writing: "Sad to... more
Despite giving extensive coverage to The Great British Bake Off the Mail Online has published a story about presenters Mel & Sue and used the wrong picture.Until the error was spotted a story... more
