Armed with his signature with, razor-sharp storytelling, and a complete inability to take himself seriously, Shane Todd ’s rising comedy star has seen him become the resident opener for Kevin Hart’s ...

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 theme: tennis. Good luck!

• Chloe Petts has announced a 2026 tour and three-week Soho Theatre residency for her new stand-up show Big Naturals, being unveiled at the Edinburgh Fringe in August. Tickets go on general sale at ...

Abi Clarke is launching a new podcast in which she learns what it takes to be a zookeeper. The six episodes of Zookeeper In Training was made with Chester Zoo to showcase its conservation work.

Barcelona is getting a new purpose-built comedy venue, offering shows in English. American comic Michelle Wolf, who now lives in the city, is one of the shareholders behind The Comedy Clubhouse ...

“The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it...try to fake three laughs in an hour -- ha ha ha ha ha -- they'll take you away, man.” ...

Even as a work in progress, awaiting some structural elements that will tie it together, this was some of the sharpest, scariest and funniest character comedy I’ve seen in some time.

Here’s the teaser trailer for Saipan, the new film which stars Steve Coogan as Ireland manager Mick McCarthy during his infamous confrontation with captain Roy Keane in the lead-up to the 2002 World ...

Joel Dommett and Michelle Wolf have joined the comedy line-upat Latitude Festival. Also announced as joining the line-up today are Bec Hill, Ivo Graham, Alison Spittle, Ayoade Bamgboye, Urooj Ashfaq, ...

LONDON: Down-and-dirty US comedian and podcaster Jim Norton and fellow stand-up veteran Jim Florentine are in the UK for three dates of their two-hander, American Trash, starting at the Leicester ...

SALTBURN: The dark comedy sexual pyschothriller – starring Barry Keoghan as a young man inveigling his way into an upper-class family – gets a terrestrial TV airing. BBC One, 10.30pm ...

Peter Kay is to appear in conversation with fellow Bolton-born star Sara Cox at two events to mark the release of his next memoir, Peter Kay ’s Diary. The shows on Sunday September 14 at Salfod’s ...