A comic made a pregnant woman laugh so hard during his gig that her waters broke. The woman, called Olivia, went to last night’s gig in Melbourne, Australia, precisely because she was nine days ...

Shona McCarthy is stepping down as chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society after nearly a decade at the helm. She will leave her role in the spring, having taken the organisation ...

Two sitcom pairings are to be reunited in separate reality TV projects Men Behaving Badly stars Neil Morrissey and Martin Clunes are getting back together for a new travelogue. While the Royle ...

Yet Google ‘Terry Wogan’ today and you don't get the Radio 2 legend, but an image of comedian Benjamin Alborough. The stand-up loosely impersonates the talk-show pioneer in a cult live show – which ...

Prop comic Spencer Jones was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2019 and 2017. His stage alter-ego is called Herbert Clunkerdunk (originally just The Herbert) and has made a series of BBC ...

‘Wokeness’ isn’t killing comedy – and the people who say it is are often comedians who aren’t funny. That’s the view of veteran TV producer Jon Plowman, who says commentators who claim comedy is ...

Hip-hop and RnB radio station Capital Xtra is to host a charity comedy night at London’s Hippodrome. Andrew Mensah will compare the gig on October 24 with acts including Axel Blake, Kae Kurd, Kyrah ...

Sketch group Sheeps have recorded a Christmas album, with the aid of several of the big-name comedy friends. Daran Jonno Johnson and Al Roberts – who form Sheeps with Liam Williams – are the main ...

Ricky Gervais has announced the first few European arena dates for his new stand-up show Mortality. He will be playing Lisbon, Paris, Dublin, Vienna, Oslo and Zurich, in the first half of 2025 with ...

John Bishop has announced an arena tour to make his 25 years in comedy – with all tickets costing £25.

Ben Elton is to receive next year’s ‘comedy legend’ award at the Slapstick comedy festival. The celebration of classic comedy returns to Bristol from February 12 to 16 for its 20th anniversary.