The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced the shortlists for their five awards handed out at the Edinburgh Fringe, with 25 shows highlighted. Nominees have also been announced for best tech, joke ...

The Liverpudlian comic has aphantasia, meaning he’s unable to generate imagery in his mind, a condition which he describes as ‘having no imagination,’ although that’s probably comedic shorthand, as is ...

There’s nothing unusual in Matt Parker having 8,000 flyers printed for his Edinburgh Fringe run – bit it is unusual that every one is unique. The comedian and mathematician revealed the stunt on ...

Cariad Lloyd has undergone emergency surgery after suffering a hernia while on holiday in Cornwall. The comedian and podcaster took to social media to praise staff at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in ...

Dexter Procter: The 10-Year-Old Doctor will star an array of familiar comedy names including Peter Serafinowicz, as the title character’s jealous colleague Dr Drake, as well as Jameela Jamil, Mike ...

Comedy in England - Midlands - West Midlands Stand-up comedy listings. These line-ups are as accurate as we can make them, but things change, and it may be worth checking before you travel.

I never would have had Pat Cahill pegged for an accomplished freestyler. Even though he makes a lot of comedy songs, there’s always been something quite olde worlde about his concerns, particularly ...

Having joined the ranks of disabled comedians, Forde retains erectile dysfunction, a side-effect of his cancer surgery, and he doesn't flinch from discussing it in graphic detail, removing its ...

As a child growing up in India, Shalaka Kurup wanted nothing more than to be in therapy, an ambition sadly thwarted by a loving and stable family life. She quickly became aware that the feeling was a ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. Good luck!

A best man’s speech gone rogue, this is a tour-de-force of intense, falling-apart-at-the-seams clowning from LA-based performer Mark Vigeant.

She – like popular culture in general – was slow to recognise the power of Björn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid beyond their 1970s heyday, which predated her. She was put off the band at school because ...