The Edinburgh Fringe Society is hiking its commission from ticket sales by a quarter. The charity behind the world’s biggest arts festival is increasing the cut it takes on sales from its box office ...

Here's James Acaster talking about dealing with interruptions to his stand-up in his special Hecklers Welcome. The show, ...

Mark Watson has announced a new tour, loosely based on the advance of artificial intelligence. Before It Overtakes Us also covers the comic’s experiences when a flight he was on in in Australia last ...

More Comedy Store venues are set to open across the UK under a new deal with live entertainment giant Live Nation. The two companies have been working together for the past six years, putting on more ...

Stewart Lee has given his support to striking Guardian journalists. Staff at the paper are angry over a proposed sale ofThe ...

In 2023, Mark spoke to a customer-service representative called Phoebe for almost half an hour before realising that ‘she’ was a chatbot. It sent him down a rabbit-hole exploring ChatGPT and its ...

Duncan Norvelle, the comedian who shot to fame in the 1980s with his catchphrase ‘Chase me’ has died at the aged of 66.

Brett Goldstein’s new comedy film will land on Apple TV+ next year, after the tech giant’s film division snapped up the title. Set in the near future when a test scientifically matches people up with ...

Aisling Bea is again hosting a food drive and benefit gigs for Hackney Foodbank. She and her comedy friends will be taking over the Bill Murray in Islington, North London, on the afternoon of December ...

It might have revitalised his career – as well as his own love of comedy – but Ted Danson has admitted he initially hated Curb Your Enthusiasm. He said when he and wife Mary Steenburgen watched the ...

Glaswegian comedian Larry Dean was nominated for the best show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2018 and 2022. He started stand-up in 2008, in 2013 he was named Scottish Comedian Of The Year and in ...

Sid Singh makes much play of how this is a divisive show, believing at least half the audience will agree with the critic who this summer gave him his first two-star review in 15 years of comedy.