Jason Mantzoukas’s participation in the 19th series last year was seen as part of the drive to build the US audience further – and both Horne and Davies have said they’d like to see another American ...

Whose Line Is It Anyway star Colin Mochrie is undergoing emergency surgery for a detached retina. The comic has postponed several performances of his show Hyprov, which combines improv and stage ...

The inclusion of an Oscar-nominated star in the series 21 line-up is likely to build on that success – and the 176 million views the Taskmaster YouTube channel racked up from American viewers last ...

Vittorio Angelone says a generous shout-out from TV mogul Richard Osman acted as a ‘light switch moment,’ to turbocharge his career. The comic says the comment on Osman’s podcast The Rest Is ...

Paul Sinha was named Best Club Comic at the 2014 Chortle awards, seven years after being nominated for best breakthrough act. He was also nominated for the 2006 if.comeddie award at the Edinburgh ...

American stand-up and TV host John Mulrooney has died suddenly at his home in New York state at the age of 67. Mulrooney, who died on December 29, was best known for his work as one of the guest hosts ...

Test your knowledge of comedy in 2025 with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. Good luck!

Dom Joly says he has been denied entry to the US because of his social media posts. The Trigger Happy TV creator revealed that he was denied his Esta – which allows entry into the country without a ...

Here’s my annual list of the most memorable of the approximately 300 live comedy shows I saw this year, as editor of Chortle. It’s a different metric than ‘best’ – though thankfully none of the shows ...

Built in 1929 for spectacle – for musicals, cinema, and the sort of velvet-heavy grandeur that assumes applause will arrive on cue – it is not a venue that naturally invites hecklers or awkward ...

BEING Stanley Baxter: This hour-long tribute was scheduled to air today anyway, but is given added poignancy after the comedian died on December 11, at the age of 99. The film draws on rare archive ...

D’Souza’s been bubbling under for a few years before coming out of the gates with this very strong set of likeable, low key PowerPoint stand-up. He may come across as mild-mannered on stage, but it ...