Glenn Moore was nominated for best show at the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. As a newcomer he was runner-up in the 2011 Chortle Student Comedy Award, and finalist in So You Think You're Funny 2012 ...

After studying drama at Loughborough University, Diane Spencer emigrated to New Zealand, where she started performing stand-up in November 2006. In 2009 she performed her first solo show, as well as ...

Laura Smyth is making a new Radio 4 series about motherhood. The series - entitled Your Mum – will be recorded over three nights later this month at Up the Creek comedy club in Greenwich.

‘It is so risqué some of the stuff, I can't even describe, you have to just listen to it,’ he said. ‘There’s some stuff that’s so wrong that it makes me laugh, because there are some things he says ...

The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has announced a tribute show for Janey Godley. The event will feature a screening of the documentary followed by a stand-up show featuring some of the late ...

Tim Minchin has announced a UK tour to mark 20 years since he arrived on the British comedy scene. His ironically titled Songs The World Will Never Hear show charts how a Perth cabaret pianist built a ...

In Wales you are also twice as likely than other Bris to have watched the finale at least twice. Across the UK, 2.8miliion have watched the Christmas Day episode more than once, equivalent to 4 per ...

Tim Minchin looks back on how a Perth cabaret pianist ended up building one of the most eclectic and extraordinary careers in entertainment. Delivered with signature blend of razor-sharp wit, musical ...

The new season of Am I Being Unreasonable? also features Chelsea Peretti, Tom Davis, Denise Black, Jamali Maddix and Kojey Radical as guest star alongside returning stars including Lenny Rush, Dustin ...

TapeFace is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, 20 years after he first came to prominence at the festival. The Kiwi performer – real name Sam Wills – will be back at the 800-seat Pleasance ...

Happy 53th birthday, Dara O Briain! And to mark today's occasion, our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker is dedicated to the ...

Newcastle’s Discovery Museum is hosting its first ever comedy night in its impressive Great Hall, built in 1899. Steam to Grin, on February 28, will feature stand-ups Bethany Black, Cal Halbert and ...