The dark material comes from her show, Scary Movie 7, which is being performed at Monkey Barrel Comedy at 22:00 during the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe. Filming by NextUp, which will be livestreaming shows ...

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee is making a new comedy about a group of Irish college girls who descend on New Jersey in the summer of 2000. Called Wildwood, the show – which could be seen as a ...

As a last-minute replacement, Ben Pope feared he wasn’t well enough prepared for his mid-afternoon Latitude appearance. He needn't have worried, as he went down a storm. The warm and generous ovation ...

Bill Oddie has died at the age of 85, his agent has said. Oddie became a household name in the 1970s as part of comedy trio The Goodies, before becoming a wildlife presenter – one of the original ...

Now the operator has announced that the venues will move to St Andrew Square, at the end of George Street, to ensure the 17 shows programmed there can still go ahead. Shows indoors at Assembly Rooms ...

Three comedians are making a documentary celebrating the grassroots stand-up circuit. Gone Gigging will follow April Louise, Big Shaun and Calum Scouller as they travel across the UK performing in ...

Joe Pasquale is taking part in Celebrity MasterChef later this summer. The comic has been unveiled as one of the contestants in the first episode, alongside Olympic weightlifter Emily Campbell, TV and ...

My undying love to Mike, the audient, who I still speak to to this day. He took a punt on a random show and it changed everything for me. He’s the best. Follow his lead and take a punt. See Scottish ...

Joe Pasquale believes his home is haunted by the ghost of a Luftwaffe pilot. The 64-year-old comic bought the Norfolk cottage, which dates from 1550, in 2022.

Comedian Olaf Falafel has written a graphic novel that’s being given away free at Luton airport this summer.

Private Eye editor and Have I Got News For You mainstay Ian Hislop has carved out a parallel career as a playwright. Along with his old schoolfriend and Eye cartoonist Nick Newman, he has written five ...

Saturday saw both the most and least famous names play Latitude’s comedy arena. And it was the newbie who impressed the most. Until now, Lucas Jones Ho ’s biggest career landmarks have been winning ...