This year’s Funny Women awards have opened for entries, with BBC Studios’ digital comedy channel Funny Parts announced as the main sponsor. The talent hunt, which started in 2003, has categories for ...

Katherine Parkinson is to guest host Have I Got News For You for the first time. The IT Crowd and Rivals star will host episode three of the current series on Friday Apri 18.

• My Previous Life In Comedy by Johnny Ball, is published by The Book Guild, is available from Amazon priced £10.99 in paperback and £5.99 on Kindle – or from uk.bookshop.org, below, which supports ...

At the heart of the New Zealander’s latest show is an unflattering portrait of the sort of ‘dumb’ and unemotional parents that produced not one but three comedians, with Guy’s siblings Paul and Maria ...

While Fresh New Worries doesn’t have the powerful, life-affirming impact of her breakout show, Cosgriff remains a beacon of warm positivity, offering another sweetly upbeat show – even when the topic ...

Yes, Coombs Marr is among the sizeable ranks of comics with the condition. And yes, it most definitely defines her scattergun style, a freeflowing stream of stories and ideas prone to wild digressions ...

A mammoth batch of 1,236 shows have officially been added to the Edinburgh Fringeprogramme today. They join the 556 shows already revealed, bringing the total to 1,792 so far. More shows are set to be ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. This week's questions celebrate 50 years of The Good ...

Sue Perkins has announced her first full-length stand-up show in nearly 20 years. The former Bake-Off host and Taskmaster contestant will be playing more than 40 British cities in the first quarter of ...

Eric Idle has announced a UK tour for September for a show dubbed a ‘one-man musical’ albeit with a virtual backing band. Always Look On The Bright Side of Life, Live! plays eight datess in September ...

Pleasance had unveiled 129 shows, including the transfer of Adam Riches and John Kearns ’s show in which they portray Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. The show, which originally ran at Soho Theatre over ...

Volcanic soil is the closest parallel to the soil on the Moon, which is called regolith, and scientists used it to test technology like Moon rovers. We left the cable car, and it felt like we were no ...