A new podcast sitcom made specifically for an autistic audience has launched with a line-up of well-known guest voices attached. It's A Superpower?? features guest appearances fro ...

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has found its new boss, Dylan Cole. Already an executive director of the annual event, he will take over as chief executive and festival director from Susan ...

Many of the 500 acts say they have not yet been paid five months on. Meanwhile, the festival axed its June outdoor gig, cancelling performances from up-and-coming and high-profile comedians. I polled ...

British stand-ups Red Richardson and Helen Bauer have made the cut for the prestigious New Faces showcases at Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival. The gigs have traditionally only featured ...

There’s no easy way to say this, so let’s just get it over with: Last year, I performed a Nazi salute onstage. If that was all I had to say on the matter, you’d be well within your rights to exclaim ...

I walked into a dimly lit ICU room to see my serial cheating ex-boyfriend fighting for his life after being horrendously injured – surprisingly, not by me, but by an electric bear. I know that makes ...

Comedian Rachel Baker has won the Dabbers Bingo comedy caller contest, performing as her high-energy, dance-loving alter-ego Gwen. The contest tests comedians on their ability to combine stand-up with ...

For seven years, I was part of an off-the-grid community in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, working as the assistant to an impossibly chic and diabolical female Buddhist cult leader. I have always ...

Its very funny, very Dublin and my mate Deirdre O’Kane is in it. At the time on Irish TV, there had been a serious lack of comedy. Paths To Freedom came a time where it made me sit up and pay ...

I will be binging on pastries from Mòr Bakehouse pre-show, and slices of pizza from £2 Pizza Slice post-show. I am performing my third solo show at the Fringe this year, and one of the things that ...

In a special edition of his diary, reviewer Tim Harding gives a personal rundown of the best comedy he's most looking forward to seeing at the Edinburgh Fringe next month. Those comics patiently ...

Robin Ince started his comedy career as a writer, working on shows including Alistair McGowan's Big Impression, V Graham Norton and Meet Ricky Gervais, his first of many collaborations with the After ...