Flo & Joan sing about the moments that will haunt them forever at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The duo ...

A new award for up-and-coming comedians has been set up in memory of Marie Goulbourne, the stand-up who died last October just days after winning her BBC New Comedy Award heat. Now Best In Class, the ...

Am I The A**hole? is based on the Reddit subreddit of the same name, which boasts 24 million members who judge each others’ real-life conflicts. The subreddit’s creator Marc Beaulac is one of the ...

The observations come from a place of boyish naivety – the suggestion being that he doesn’t quite understand the world but assumes it to be benignly quirky. It’s a winning approach and a two-way ...

Noah Szto won Melbourne’s best newcomer title with a modest but charming storytelling show performed in a tiny karaoke room away from the main festival venues. What a difference a year makes. Now he’s ...

For his part, he’s often stuck behind his laptop, responsible for firing up the pumping backing tracks and impressive video backdrops. Yet he gets his moment in the spotlight during Don’t Stop ...

The wedding co-ordinator has clearly planned the day with more precision than the D-Day landings, while American guest Jessica is the largest of the personalities, addressing the room like an ...

Steve Coogan has said there will always be more Alan Partridge until the day he drops dead. The comic made his comments on the Heart Evening Show, when host Dev Griffin asked him what question he ...

Sue Perkins is to host Have I Got News For You for the first time in a decade. The comic has not been on the programme since 2015, but will return to the presenter’s chair on May 2. The guest ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. And this week we mark 25 years of the Harry Enfield ...

The WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards are a great institution and a valuable competition which would benefit from a refreshment in its approach to staging. Its 2025 line-up had its ups and downs, but ...

Helen Lederer is joining the cast of the Fawlty Towers play when it returns to the West End this summer. The comedian and author – best known for her roles in Ab Fab and Bottom – will be playing Mrs ...