Joe Lycett is to front a new travel TV series in which he attempts to visit all the Birminghams in North America. The comic will start in his hometown’s namesake in the Saskatchewan province of Canada ...

Colin Hoult – the actor and comedian behind the Anna Mann character – has announced his first UK tour as himself. His new show, entitled Colin, explores the performer’s relationship with his father ...

Harry Hill has launched a new family-friendly podcast. Are We There Yet? features listeners’ jokes, comedians and other celebrities sharing childhood memories and experts talking about topic such as ...

John Cleese has revealed he spends up to £17,000 a year on stem cell therapy to try to fight ageing. The comic said the fee was ‘worth it if you’re buying yourself a few extra years’ and said the ...

Luke Richards has won the new act competition at the Bath Comedy Festival. The London-based stand-up said: ‘I'm amazed to have won considering who else was in the final, everyone was so good. Thanks ...

Ivo Graham won the battle of the comics at yesterday’s London Marathon, completing the course in a very creditable 3hr3 36mins. The comic ran the 26 miles while pushing fellow stand-up Rosie Jones in ...

Now based in the UK, Felicity Ward is performing her first Australian shows in five years… and has quite a lot for us to catch up on.

Putting On A Show is also partly an expression of Hines’ ADHD, diagnosed ‘before everyone in the Inner North was using it as a pronoun’. Here, she allows her brain to be as screwy as she likes, but ...

Peter Kay’s shows at Britain’s biggest arena this week have been postponed, with as little as 24 hours’ notice. The comedian had been due to officially open the new Co-op Live venue in Manchester ...

Jordan Sharp has the chaotic, manic energy of early Sam Campbell, though the material is too messy to land and bereft of proper jokes. You must have faith, as he does, that the tumult – and the ...

The problem many sketch shows have is finding an identity beyond being an unconnected collection of funny ideas. No such issues blight The Burton Brothers, who have created a brilliant conceit in ...

Hannah Gadsby is returning to the UK this November with two dates at the London Palladium. The comic behind the groundbreaking Nanette Netflix special will be performing their new stand-up show Woof!