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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Paul Sinha, comedian tour datesPaul Sinha was named Best Club Comic at the 2014 Chortle awards, seven years after being nominated for best breakthrough act. He was also nominated for the 2006 ...

The Bubble Man walked out of my show. I only had one walkout the entire month, a man sat in the back for the first five minutes and then made a noisy exit. When the show finished, my angel of a tech, ...

A man shaking his belly around is hilarious. A woman doing the same is ‘too much’. Men’s bodies are vessels for comedy. Women’s bodies are meant to be sexy – or invisible.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...