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 ...

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 ...

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.

Everyone’s annoying cousin is going back on tour with some more of his grot. Come and see the self-appointed Crown Prince of Visualised Companion Podcasts harrumph about the stage.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jack Rooke, the creator of Channel 4 comedy-drama Big Boys, is reviving the stage show that made his name for a UK tour. The dates mark ten years since Good Grief was first performed at the Edinburgh ...

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 ...