Directly mining grief and other traumas for comedy is so commonplace now, it’s almost more noteworthy when a comedian doesn’t draw on such experiences.

Glasgow-based comedian Christopher MacArthur-Boyd has been announced as the winner of the 2026 Next Big Thing award, created to recognise acts deserving more attention. The comic ...

Ed Gamble is to embark on a stand-up tour next year, with more than 60 dates planned across the UK. Fresh Hell opens at the Regent, Ipswich, on January 30, and includes four nights at the London ...

Amy Gledhill’s comedy pilot Toads is being developed into a full series, it has been reported. Channel 4 released a 13-minute version of the show as a Comedy Blap in 2024, and now industry website ...

Dara Ó Briain is piloting a new comedy show seeking the nation’s dullest people. The comic will be joined by guests including John Robins at a run-through of the programme – simply called Britain's ...

Chris Maughan Lifetime Contribution Award: Charlotte Laidet, who will be stepping down as festivals and programme director at Big Difference Company, which runs the festival, after nine years. Michael ...

Applications have opened for £5,000 grants to help artists and companies hoping to take a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time.

An astronomy researcher has picked up the title for ‘best clean joke of last month's Leicester Comedy Festival’. Andy Bucks, 32, and based at Warwick University in Coventry came top of the list with ...

Laughterhouse became the oldest comedy club in Liverpool when Comedy Central closed its venue at Royal Albert Dock in 2019, after 13 years, citing the difficulties of running ‘a high-quality comedy ...

The BBC dominates the comedy categories of the 2026 Royal Television Society award shortlist, published today. All four shows in the scripted comedy category were aired by the broadcaster: Here We Go, ...

Entries have opened for this year’s Dabbers Bingo comedy caller contest. The company is searching for 24 comedians and cabaret performers to compete for the title and a £1,500 cash prize. It is the ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week's questions are all about radio DJs.