Here are extracts from the sets of the comedians who took part in the Chortle Hotshots showcase in Edinburgh on Wednesday night. They are all taking their debut shows to the Edinburgh Fringe this ...

Here are extracts from the sets of the comedians who took part in the Chortle Hotshots showcase in Edinburgh on Wednesday night. They are all taking their debut shows to the Edinburgh Fringe this ...

Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson are to star in a new Christmas comedy film for Sky. In Tinsel Town, 24 star Sutherland plays an egotistical Hollywood action star who is blindsided when his action ...

American comedian Natalie Cuomo has gone viral after posting a clip of her losing it with an audience member. The 29-year-old ...

The Cad, despite claiming to be mortified and deeply upset by the failure of his marriage, has taken the precaution of putting a detective on his wife. Appalling people are often surprisingly charming ...

Here’s Tim Minchin as he looked before he adopted the long hair and eyeliner. The Australian musician and comedian posted the vintage footage of him playing his track Dark Side following the ...

Brian Murphy, the star of 1970s sitcoms Man About The House and George And Mildred, has died at the age of 92. His wife Linda ...

• Inside No 9 Stage/Fright runs at Wydham's Theatre, London, until April 5. All pictures © Marc Brenner ...

Comedian Leigh Francis says he doesn’t regret anything he has done in the past but concedes that he would ‘probably change’ ...

Dean Coughlin has become the second comedian to be named as a Chortle Hotshot for 2025. The Liverpudlian now gets help with the costs and promotion of his Edinburgh Fringe debut this summer after ...

Russell Brand’s pivot from comedian to online commentator is proving remarkably lucrative. Accounts newly submitted to Companies House show his business assets grew by £3.2million in the 12 months to ...

It’s a £1billion-a-year industry – but live comedy is blighted by low wages and is failing to do enough to help those from marginalised groups break into the business.