Entries have opened for the LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year. Run by the Comedy Bloomers club, the title has previously been won by Marty Gleeson, pictured, Victoria Olsina and Charlie George ...

Jen Brister is Reactive - or so she's been told. Apparently you don't have to respond to every little thing around you. Finding herself in a constant state of exacerbation at the state of the world ...

One wrote on Twitter: ‘I’ve lost a lot of respect for [Peter Kay] after the way he treated a heckler at the end of his Manchester 8 Feb show, having him removed by force by his entourage and cracking ...

Will Bicknell-Found has been crowned the 2025 UK Pun Champion at the Leicester Comedy Festival. The comic – who also goes by Will BF or Will B. Found – won with gags including: ...

The Cardiff Glee joins London’s Angel Comedy, Backyard Comedy, and Museum of Comedy; the Birmingham Glee, Manchester’s Frog & Bucket, Edinburgh’s Monkey Barrel and Leicester’s Big Difference as venues ...

Comedians could learn a lot from babies. They adore their audience. Nothing is more flattering than the delight on my baby’s face when she sees me. Whether I’m picking her up from a nap or watching ...

Channel 4 has renewed Nicola Coughlan comedy Big Mood for a second series. The broadcaster says the first six episodes, which aired last April, made the show its most-watched new comedy since Coughlan ...

The BBC has released a trailer for Funboys as the comedy starts on BBC Northern Ireland tonight. The series revolves around three emotionally-unassembled young men in small-town Northern Ireland: ...

Capital Xtra has announced the return of its charity comedy night. Taskmaster and Gogglebox star Babatunde Aléshé will headline the show, which takes place on March 6 at the Hippodrome in Central ...

Peter Kay fans have turned on the comedian after what was described as a ‘chaotic’ performance in Manchester on Saturday.

Chelsea Handler has announced three UK dates this May, She will be performing her new stand-up show A Broad Abroad at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, on May 23; the London Palladium the following ...

Dean Coughlin has become the second comedian to be named as a Chortle Hotshot for 2025. The Liverpudlian now gets help with ...