The PBH Free Fringe is running a venue just for performers making their Edinburgh debuts this year. Most of the 20 shows being staged at Pizza Geeks on Easter Road will run for just a week – while ...

Nish Kumar is to make his debut as a guest on the US version of Have I Got News For You. He will become the first British comedian to take part in the CNN episode when it airs at 8pm ET this Saturday.

Ricky Gervais has unveiled details of his own show marking 25 years of The Office, to be released a day before the BBC’s own tribute. Co-stars Martin Freeman and Mackenzie Crook are looking back at ...

Dan Tiernan and Kiell Smith-Bynoe are to join the judging panel for this year's BBC New Comedy Awards. Organisers say they will be working alongside host Amy Gledhill as the searc ...

I was joking about my dad, who was newly dead which meant my voice was still quavering during set-ups. I was early in the process of ironing the emotions out of my voice, I wanted those jokes to exist ...