The single greatest joke on The Goon Show (‘It’s no good I’m going to have to get a pen and write all this down’ (IYKYK)) does it, and it’s a magic trick that the Crybabies pull off over and over ...

Flight Of The Conchords comedian Jemaine Clement is to star in a new comedy series from the makers of Baby Reindeer. The Kiwi comic will star alongside The Split's Nicola Walker in Alice And Steve, ...

Eight winners - chosen by a strict points system – will be asked to perform alongside headliners Munya Chawawa (pictured) , Larry Dean, Chris Hall and Grace Campbell at Nando’s in London on March 31, ...

Filming has begun on the second series of Daddy Issues, the comedy starring David Morrissey and Aimee Lou Wood as father and daughter. The first series last year attracted an average of 1.6million ...

Shetland-born stand-up Marjolein Robertson is to release her first stand-up show as a free YouTube special on Sunday. Marj – which she first performed at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe – mixes comedy ...

Comedy cabaret performer Mat Ricardo has written his first book, described as a ‘self-help guide for children’. The Magic In You – subtitled ‘dare to be brilliant’ – gives youngsters tips on honing ...

A former market researcher, Carmarthen-born Rhod Gilbert began his comedy career in 2002, after taking a stand-up course. That year he made the finals of the So You Think You're Funny? talent hunt at ...

Tony Lankester as been appointed as chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. He will join the body responsible for co-ordinating the festival in early April, replacing Shona McCarthy ...

Former Late Late Show bandleader Reggie Watts is to be the third comedy headliner at this year’s Latitude Festival, it has been announced today. The improvising musical comedian joins Greg Davies and ...

• Inside No 9 Stage/Fright runs at Wydham's Theatre, London, until April 5. All pictures © Marc Brenner ...

British sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey trained separately in sketch and improv with the iO, Second City and Bad Dog Comedy Theatres in Chicago and Toronto before establishing their piano/percussion ...

Comedians Jamali Maddix, Tommy Tiernan , Adam Buxton, Phil Wang, Sophie Willan and Chris and Rosie Ramsey are among the stars taking part in the celebrity version of Bake Off this year.