The comedians on Mock The Week joke about the departure of Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney in the episode airing on TLC on Sunday. Sara Pascoe joked: ‘They came as a pair, you know ...

Rosie Holt has written a new satirical political play, with the aid of Stewart Lee. Churchill’s Urinal is based on the true story of Rachel Reeves becoming the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer ...

Rosie Holt has written a new satirical political musical, with the aid of Stewart Lee. Churchill’s Urinal is based on the true story of Rachel Reeves becoming the first female Chancellor of the ...

Channel 4 is launching a Spotify comedy channel this week. A Comedy Thing by Channel 4, which first launched on YouTube last summer, features comedians including Vittorio Angelone, Mike Rice, Finlay ...

Munya Chawawa is to make his stage acting debut, playing Bottom in a rave-based adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare’s play – featuring forest gatherings and psychedelic potions – has ...

Amelia Dimoldenberg is set to star in a romcom movie The Chicken Shop Date creator is working with Orion Pictures on the as-yet-untitled project, which she will also produce.

Edinburgh’s Monkey Barrel Comedy is to offer comedy training from top American improv and sketch institution Upright Citizens Brigade. The original company was set up in Chicago in 1990 by Amy Poehler ...

Ardal O’Hanlon is to star in a comedy heist caper described as ‘Ireland’s first cynical Christmas comedy film’. You’ll Never Believe Who’s Dead is being unveiled to buyers at the European Film Market, ...

Janine Harouni has made it to the final of Netflix talent show Star Search. The UK-based American stand-up earned her place on last night’s semi-final, which was streamed live on the platform. Under ...

Amy Gledhill has revealed that she wrote her university dissertation about Richard Herring ’s stand-up show Hitler Moustache.

Alan Carr has been announced as taking part in yet another project – voicing a character in a Pixar film. The comic will play Alan the Squirrel in Hoppers, alongside his friend Amanda Holden, who ...

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has launched a new podcast that explores the pivotal moments in comedians' careers.