A new Edinburgh Fringe award will give a £1,5000 can prize to an act for whom going to the festival is a ‘massive financial risk’. The Banneret Award is being handed out by the London Arts ...

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Fresh from travelling the world (and smashing it as a top husband and bunny-stepdad), the UK’s leading de-influencer returns with a brand-new stand-up show. Expect fresh jokes, furious rants, and ...

Malaysian comedian Harith Iskander is being sued by the wife of his country’s former Prime Minister for joking she was scary. Rosmah Mansor – who in 2022 was sentenced to ten years in jail and fined ...

Steve Pemberton, Chloe Petts and Alison Steadman are starring in a new audio sitcom about ‘being blind …and a bit of an idiot’. You’ve Got Braille – to be released as a four-part podcast across all ...

Sacha Baron Cohen has been spotted at Wimbledon in the guise of Ali G. The comic was seen in character in Centre Court for the men’s final on Sunday, with a Wimbledon-coloured tracksuit bearing the ...

Jen Brister and Laura Smyth are to take part in the next series of Celebrity Hunted. The comedians will go on the run next month as part of the next charity series of the show, in aid of Stand Up To ...

The new Edinburgh Fringe comedy award for Scottish acts is to be named in honour of comedian Paul Sneddon. The McTavish Award – named after Sneddon’s stage name Vladimir McTavish – comes with a £2,500 ...

A major five-day comedy and music festival on the King’s Sandringham Estate has been axed amid poor ticket sales. Organisers HeritageLive say they cannot compete with bigger operators and said it ...

Ghosts fans can now have a sleepover in the fictional haunted house where the BBC comedy is set. West Horsley Place in Surrey is opening its doors for a series of events to mark the release of the ...

Alan Carr was reportedly planning a travelogue TV show wit Sarah Ferguson before the full extent of her links to Jeffrey Epstein were made public. The comedian was among the last visitors to Royal ...

Could the Clacton by-election get any more ridiculous? Only with the addition of Liz Truss to the ballot paper… or rather the entirely unrelated ‘Liv Struss’, the comedy alter-ego of Nerine Skinner.