Former Cambridge Footlights president who won the 2010 Chortle Student Comedy Award at the start of his stand-up career. He was one of the contestants in series seven of Taskmaster in 2018 - the same ...

Fern Brady is getting some extra publicity for her new stand-up tour, after generating complaints that its poster is sacrilegious and offensive to Christians.

Ricky Gervais has today announced four North American dates for his new Mortality tour. The comic will play Radio City Music Hall, New York, on April 25; the Hollywood Bowl on May 31; Toronto’s ...

Stephen Merchant and Josh Widdicombe are teaming up for Gogglebox. The comics share a sofa for the celebrity edition of the Channel 4 show in aid of Stand Up to Cancer on Friday. Merchant said: "I don ...

Rhod Gilbert has won a Bafta for the moving documentary he made about his cancer treatment. The comic was named best presenter at the Welsh Baftas last night for his brutal and honest Channel 4 show A ...

Some of Scotland’s top comedians are to take part in a stand-up showcase to be broadcast on the BBC this Christmas. Christopher MacArthur-Boyd, pictured, hosts the show, titled Scotland Stands Up 2024 ...

Tony Slattery is to launch his first podcast. The comic and actor will be joined by his friends Allan Lear and Paul Carmichael on the freewheeling show, Tony Slattery ’s Rambling Club Episodes have ...

It’s got a sprawling cast, a big budget and origination from the collective minds of a veritable Avengers-level team of creators: Armando Iannucci, director Sam Mendes and Jon Brown, a writer on ...

Operation Mincemeat has announced the 11th extension of its West End run, with performances at the Fortune Theatre, now set to continue until April. The news comes just a month after the tenth ...

Asian-American comedian Atsuko Okatsuka has announced four UK and Ireland dates next year – after her debut special airs on Sky. The comic will play Dublin’s Vicar Street on February 4, the O2 Academy ...

If this really was a job appraisal for how Maisie Adam ’s career was going, you’d have to assume she’d ace it. In just a few short years she’s become a favourite of all the big panel shows – Have I ...

LUCY BEAUMONT: LIVE FROM THE ROYAL COURT THEATRE: It’s the first stand-up special from the writer, comic and former Taskmaster contestant, in which she shares bizarre stories from her life. Sky Comedy ...