James Sherwood Comes To London 8 January, 2007 After a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe that met with much critical acclaim comedian James Sherwood is bringing "I Know What You Did Last Sunday" thi... Stand Up At The Festival 30 June, 2006 We have news of the line-ups for the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals. No, not the bands - but the comedians! Like all the best summer festival... Edinburgh Tickets Flying Out 22 June, 2006 The much loved Edinburgh Fringe Festival, first set up as a smaller rival to the main festival but now an entity in it's own right, has announced record b... Eau No They Don't 14 June, 2006 Perrier have announced their decision to stop sponsoring the comedy awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year. It is an end to the 25-year associat... Edinburgh Nights, Mornings and Afternoons 14 June, 2006 Details of the line-up for the 60th Edinburgh Festival Fringe have been released at their official site. There are 1,867 shows to be chosen from between th... Festival Line Up 10 June, 2006 Amongst the summer festival circuit, most of the big names are well known. Glastonbury, Reading, Donnington for the heavy rock fans and so on. One of the l... Lee Evans Is Big At Christmas! 6 January, 2006 Lee Evans scored a Christmas No.1 with his new DVD XL. Fresh from appearing in Mel Brooks The Producers, he embarked on a UK National Tour - and this DVD ... Richard Pryor: 1940 - 2005 16 December, 2005 Richard Pryor died on Saturday 10th December only nine days after his 65th birthday. Renowned as one of the World's greatest trailblazing stand-up comedian... Chris Addison Tour Dates 14 October, 2005 Chris Addison is embarking on his first national tour with his Perrier nominated show, Atomicity. Atomicity was the fourth show Addison has performed at th... Outsider Takes The Fizz 30 August, 2005 Despite the bookies odds, neither of the top two favourites took the £7,500 prize for this year's Perrier Comedy Award. The forerunner had been Chris Addis... As Pretty As A Picture 28 August, 2005 Workaholic comedian, Ken Dodd, has been immortalised in a painting on show at the National Portrait Gallery, London. The 74 year old funnyman was captured ... So You Think You're Funny? Results 26 August, 2005 This year's So You Think You're Funny? competition has been won by a 22 year old actor from London. Tom Allan joined the National Youth Theatre after leavi... Eau Ho Ho 24 August, 2005 The shortlists for the 2005 Perrier Comedy Awards were announced today. For the second year running sees Chris Addison as the hot favourite for his show ... Gorman Goes West 16 August, 2005 The ever lovely Dave Gorman is off again. Having played his show - Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure - for three months in New York, he's off on a 96 dat... New Mark Thomas Dates 19 May, 2005 Controversial, antiestablishment, anarchic comedy activist Mark Thomas is on the road again. Not content with running a packed three month tour at the end o... New Comedy Night In Leicester 18 April, 2005 Sunday 10th April will see the launch of a brand new regular comedy night that will feature the most exciting comedic talent from the UK and beyond. Runni... The Big Green Show 16 April, 2005 Charity events seem to be all the rage right now, and here's news of another one for a good cause. Four of the biggest (by which we think they mean best) ... Brighton Charity Comedy Event 16 April, 2005 The Donald Henderson Society for International Health will be hosting a comedy night at the Sussex Arts Club on the 19th of April, starting at 7pm. This ch... Poll Says Peter Kay is Britains Favourite Comic 15 March, 2005 Jonglueurs Comedy Club has carried out a poll of 10,000 people to find Britain's Favourite Comic - and northerner Peter Kay has come out on top. Jongleurs ... Comedy Terrorist in Pub Fight 21 February, 2005 Aaron Barschak (remember him? The guy that gatecrashed Prince Williams birthday party dressed as Osama Bin Laden in a dress? Yes, him) has managed... Glasgow Comedy Festival Line Up 4 February, 2005 Glasgow Comedy Festival Line-Up Announced. Paul Merton, Jack Dee, Harry Hill, Jimmy Carr, Julian Clary and Joan Rivers are amongst the acts starring ... Haywards Heath Still Funny 15 November, 2004 Funny.co.uk's first live comedy club at "Evolution" (The Broadway, Haywards Heath, West Sussex) has now put on five fantastic shows pulling in a great s... Mark Thomas Tour Dates 21 October, 2004 Mark Thomas Product Placement Tour 2004 “His new show is about crusties, hijacking arms dealers and ending up in the dock… again. And just to make sure ... Leicester Festival Seeks Performers 11 September, 2004 Leicester Comedy Festival, the longest running comedy festival in the UK which regularly attracts over 45,000 people, wants to hear from comedians and com... Dubble Act Winners Announced 10 September, 2004 This year’s Dubble Act Award, the prize for the best comedy double act at the Fringe, sponsored by Dubble, the Fairtrade chocolate bar, has been won by Ja... Haywards Heath Gets Funny 3 September, 2004 Funny.co.uk is to launch it's first comedy club in the Sussex town of Haywards Heath.  Several members of the Funny.co.uk team live in, or originall... Perrier Nominees Announced 28 August, 2004 The nominees for this years Perrier stand-up comedy awards have been announced.  The comedians battling it out for this years £7,500 price money are ... Dara O'Briain Seeing Dubble 16 August, 2004 Top Irish comedian and award-winning regular at the Fringe, Dara O Briain, will be presenting this year's coveted Dubble Act Award on Saturday 21st August... Gorman Gives Up Googlewhack 10 August, 2004 Comedian Dave Gorman's hugely successful live show, 'Googlewhack Adventure', is to come to an end after running for a year.  In the show, Gorman sear... Jim Davidson: Joke Thief 10 August, 2004 When there aren't too many disabled people in the audience and Jim Davidson actually goes on stage to peddle his not-so-unique brand of intolerant tri... Mark Thomas Goes Behind Bars 31 July, 2004 As part of the Edinburgh People’s Festival, Mark Thomas is planning on performing an exclusive show to the inmates of Saughton prison. If all goes to p... Sheffield Comedy Festival 22 July, 2004 Sheffield is joining the ranks of major towns and cities in the UK to offer comedy fans a concentrated hit of top quality stand-up, in the form of a comed... Zoe Lyons wins Funny Women 18 July, 2004 The 2004 Funny Women contest has been won by Zoe Lyons.  The former actress took home the prestigious award, along with £2000 prize money in the fina... Science Museum does Stand-up 9 July, 2004 With more energy than the Big Bang, a team of comedy scientists are bringing explosive, mind-blowing and unadulterated stand-up with an energy theme to the ... Leeds Comedy Store Closes 5 July, 2004 After being open for less than a year, the Comedy Store in Leeds has closed.  The venue was only opened last November, and was expected to be the fir... Funny Women Announce Final Ten 30 June, 2004 With the dust of the final showcase having settled, the finalists of the Babycham Funny Women Comedy Awards 2004 competition have been announced... Irish Jokes 24 June, 2004 Ireland is to be host to a second annual comedy festival starting later this year. Kilkenny’s well established Murphy’s Cat Laughs Festival attracts 30,00... Newbury Gets a Comedy Festival 18 June, 2004 There was a time when if you wanted to venture outside the comedy of your local standup circuit (and you weren't based in London), then the only genuine c... The Search For A Scot 18 June, 2004 If it’s not bad enough that we oldies find kids invading our lives from every angle and proving that they’re better at it than we are (work, pubs, films, ... Andrew Lawrence Awarded 15 June, 2004 Standup comic Andrew Lawrence has taken home a £750 prize and the prestigious National talent hunt award, sponsored by McCain, from this year's York Co... Edinburgh Fringe Programme Released 11 June, 2004 The official programme for the 2004 Edinburgh Festival Fringe was released yesterday.  It contains details of a staggering 1,695 shows, which will run ... York Comedy Festival Kicks Off 5 June, 2004 The second York Comedy Festival is now officially underway, starting tonight with Iranian comedian turned Hollywood movie-star Omid Djalili.  Funny.c... Dubble Act Award 2004 1 June, 2004 Most of us ask ourselves, almost on a daily basis, what have chocolate and standup comedy got to do with each other? Well, it's a question that ... Inder Manocha Wins EMMA 25 May, 2004 London's Grosvenor House Hotel last night played host to the Emma's presentation ceremony.  Now in their sixth year "The Ethnic Multicultural ... Newcastle Comedy Goes Outside 18 May, 2004 The Newcastle Comedy Festival has attracted some of the biggest names in British comedy over the past few years.  However, until now the event has on... London Comedy Festival 2004 11 May, 2004 The London Comedy Festival is one of the most comprehensive collections of comedy events of the year.  We report on a large number of different comedy ... Mark Watson's 24 hour Comedy Show 1 May, 2004 A Lifetime of comedy.  Well, for a fruit-fly, anyway. Award winning (2003 Daily Telegraph Open Mic) stand-up, Mark Watson, has a bold mission in mind... Deity Gaiety 30 April, 2004 A Rabbi, a Bishop and a Vicar go to a comedy night… Sounds like the start of a bad joke, right? Could be an entire show of them because the Liverpool Comed... Thou Shalt Not Steal: Others’ Jokes 29 April, 2004 A new national competition is due to kick off throughout May and June to try to find the funniest ‘clean’ comedian in Britain ... Stand Up Sisters! 22 April, 2004 The Liverpool leg of this year’s Funny Women competition (sponsored by Babycham) may have to be scrapped after only two entrants have put their name down ...