Update: John Bishop has had to postpone his March 29 gig. It will now take place at the Bloomsbury on April 28. Click here for further info.Comedian John Bishop has added a second low-key, intimate... more
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BAFTA Award-winning writer, comedian and actor Stephen Merchant will make his West End debut in a new production of Richard Bean’s comic two-hander The Mentalists.Steffan... more
Filming has started on the new BBC3 comedy Top Coppers, starring 2014 Foster’s Award winner John Kearns and Best Newcomer nominee Steen Raskopoulos.The six-part series due to be broadcast later... more
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
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