Scottish comedian Susan Riddell has been forced to cancel her Edinburgh Fringe run after being charged with terrorist offences. Her bail conditions prohibit her from travelling into the city, where ...

The robe worn by Tommy Cooper when he suffered his fatal heart attack on stage has been snapped up by famed American illusionist David Copperfield. Cooper wore the red silk robe for the show at Her ...

The shortlists have been announced for this year’s British Podcast Awards. The comedy category will be contested by: And up for the best entertainment category are: Elsewhere, Jon Holmes has been ...

Around 20 places will be offered on the scheme, which was inspired by American set-up The Groundlings – originally an improv group founded in Los Angeles in 1974 – which has helped launch the careers ...

Rob Rouse got his first break in comedy by winning the So You Think You're Funny? new act competition in 1998. As well as stand-up, he also performed as part of the Big And Daft trio with Ian ...

Here's Ian Smith talking about the one walkout he had at last year's Edinburgh Fringe – insisting it wasn't his fault. Speaking at Chortle's Fast Fringe the comedian also spoke about doing Have I Got ...

Matthew Mclane has won this year’s comedy writing competition run by the David Nobbs Memorial Trust.

Matt Cherniss, head of programming at Apple TV+, said: ‘With the first season of Stick, audiences instantly fell in love with the charming, funny and heartfelt world that Jason, Owen and their ...

Ben Stiller has made a documentary film about his parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. The pair were big in the 1960s and 1970s with frequent appearances on television variety shows such as The Ed ...

Here's Olaf Falafel doing some silly jokes from his Edinburgh Fringe show Olaf Falafel Asks: Orange You Glad? In this short routine, he impersonates snacks, tries a bit of mind-reading via his mic ...

The Birmingham Comedy Festival has released the full programme of this year’s event, featuring more than 90 performances from Friday 3 to Sunday 12 October.

The bureaucrats got very specific in their advice to comedians, saying: ‘Instead of mocking "blindly confident men" it is better to explore the social causes for this mentality. Instead of blindly ...