MPs are officially calling on the government to recognise live comedy as an art form in its own right. The chair of the cross-party culture committee in the Commons has written to Arts Minister Chris ...

The top line of Pedro Leandro’s blurb is that he’s ‘a comedian who has famously been described as "magnetic" by the Guardian’.

Jimmy Carr’s wealth grew by more than £3million last year, Companies House accounts reveal. His firm R&I Futures Limited, saw its balance sheet jump from £5.2million to £8.3million in the 12 months to ...

Rob Auton: CAN: The Story of a Man called CAN is on at Assembly Roxy at 1.25pm during the Edinburgh Fringe ...

In fact there’s a bit of a scrolling-through-TikTok feel to In The House as twentysomething Wanjohi restlessly jumps between fragmented ideas: here’s a jingle for the book, here’s a bit of jokingly ...

There is, of course, more to Sam Nicoresti ’s sophomore show than a shopping trip. Not least given how easy it is to read the travails of finding the most comfortable way to project the image you want ...

Lauren Pattison and Tom Machell are making a second series of their Radio 4 sitcom Tom and Lauren Are Going OOT! Julian Clary returns as their neighbour Neil with comic Louise Young also back as ...

Ian Smith’s had a good year, which he fears might be kryptonite for his stand-up, given how much solid-gold material he got last year from his mental breakdown. Stress is funny - you only have to look ...

One of the biggest venues at the Edinburgh Fringe has been forced to close as the city braces itself for storm-force winds. The Pleasance Courtyard will remain closed until at least 6pm today as Storm ...

Joe Sib is a vivid first-hand chronicler of a world we’re losing – if we haven’t lost it already. As a teenager in 1980s California, he discovered punk and threw himself into the scene whole-heartedly ...

Amelia Hamilton says: 'There are two types of men – I avoid both’. But the musical comedian admits that’s hard as she works in male-dominated STEM, science, technology, engineering and maths. Yet ...

Comedy Central has unveiled the line-up of guests taking part in the new panel show Iain Stirling’s Roast The Internet. The eight hour-long episodes, starting on Monday September 1 , feature comedians ...