Nick Mohammed’s character Mr Swallow embodies some of the same contradictions as Tommy Cooper. His giddy, erratic demeanour ...

The new date is Saturday July 26, 2025, and goes on sale at 10am tomorrow. The record-breaking comedy tour started in Manchester in December 2022.

The most powerful tribute came from poet Roger McGough. who dubbed Innes ‘the urbane spaceman’ before offering a moving and poignant – but never saccharine – reflection on the first and last time they ...

Rob Beckett is hosting a run-though of a possible new panel show based around conflicts. The as-yet-untitled show will revolve around 'petty peeves, outrageous incidents, and confusing family drama' ...

A gladiator suspects his ancient Roman audience might not be fully engaged with his fight to the death in this parody from Canadian sketch show This Hour Has 22 Minutes ...

Richard Gadd has been named the most significant cultural figure in Scotland this year. The comedian has topped The List’s annual list of the 100 ‘genre-bending, mind-expanding creatives who have ...

Shetland-born stand-up Marjolein Robertson is taking her show O on tour in 2025. It is based on the comedian’s menstrual health issues, with and caused nine audience members to faint when it was ...

Maisie Adam was winner of So You Think You're Funny? new act competition at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe and was then nominated for best newcomer at the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Her first TV ...

James Acaster admits he’s been taken in by the pranks on Michael McIntyre ’s Send To All feature – but has now wised up to the ruse and turned the tables on his fellow comic.

In similar vein, the Zaltgeist is vaguely bookmarked by him considering what he should teach his teenage sons about the state of the world amid a tsunami of misinformation and toxic distractions ...

Jimmy McGhie studied drama at Kent university, and began stand-up regularly in 2005, reaching the finals of the BBC New Talent competition and the Amused Moose Star Search. He performed in split-bill ...