The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed. Use our search panel to check our full listings by date and region. LONDON: US comedians Joe ...

Today it is a fundraising juggernaut, but when it was born 40 years ago this month, things were very different. Lenny Henry, Richard Curtis and more explain how they got the gang together for a good c ...

Sir Lenny Henry will headline this year’s Rode Comedy Festival, the Somerset event has announced. Henry will be joined in the headline slots by Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Tom Davis, Jen ...

Henry himself became a part of TV history when he appeared as Sonny Foster in The Fosters (1976), British TV’s first all-black sitcom, albeit adapted from the American series Good Times. “I was ...

Klarna presents Latitude Festival has revealed Sir Lenny Henry for an exclusive UK music festival performance as part of its landmark 20th anniversary comedy lineup, marking a return to stand-up after ...

Sir Lenny Henry will headline the Rode Comedy Festival in Somerset in 2026, with the five-night event marking his only comedy festival appearance of the year. The festival will also feature ...

Lenny Henry will receive an award for outstanding achievement at next month’s Edinburgh TV Festival. The celebrated comedian and actor will be recognized for a 50-year career “that has helped shape ...

So it was good to welcome him back with An Evening With Lenny Henry: Who Am I, Again?, even if it is an unashamed exercise in shifting more copies of his book of the same title, which covers the years ...

One of the biggest names on the UK comedy circuit is set to headline a festival in the South West ...

Sir Lenny Henry, a familiar face on British television for many years, has built an impressive career as a comedian, writer, and actor. The 66-year-old is perhaps most recognised for his role in The ...