BRISTOL: Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe and comedy guests improvise scenes inspired by tales from the audience in his show Kool Story Bro, which starts a UK tour at the Old Vic tonight, having already ...

In his first foray into stand-up, Broden Kelly might have dialled down the intensity of his Aunty Donna persona as the domineering straight (ish)man, but that still leaves plenty of power for an ...

Melanie Bracewell is well aware that lack of focus hardly makes her unique at a comedy festival – but armed with a couple of fine jokes on the topic and the light-touch approach that characterises her ...

Mrs Brown's Boys is to return to BBC One. The new episodes will comprise the fifth series of Brendan O’Carroll’s love-it-or-hate-it sitcom outside the Christmas specials and come two years after the ...

Rich Wilson got into comedy after working as a barman at the Up The Creek club in Greenwich, South London. Inspired by the comedians he saw, he gave it a go himself in 2004, and has since become a ...

The nonchalant pace – slightly more upbeat that previously, although that was a very low baseline – comes with a fine sense of timing and an even finer sense of sarcasm. If she shows a lack of empathy ...

Paul Currie’s legal action against Soho Theatre over his altercation with a Jewish audience member has got under way. The comedian claims the statement put out by the venue after the incident in ...

An exhibition of Johnny Vegas ’s sculptures is opening in Liverpool later this month. Metamorphosis will feature work that ...

Dan Antopolski's surreal won him the BBC New Comedy Award in 1998 as well as Perrier Award nomination in 2001. Dan has performed at the usual comedy clubs as well as international comedy festivals, ...

Jack Dee injured himself in a very intimate area when he tried kite surfing. The 63-year-old comedian said: ‘I managed to get to a point where I was actually on the surfboard and had the kite in the ...

The Fast Show’s Charlie Higson has written his first non-fiction book to be illustrated by Vic Reeves creator Jim Moir. His volume – Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee: An Epically Short History of Our Kings ...

Beyond laughing at her mum’s many, many idiosyncrasies, Kaye offers context and affection, even in the most infuriating moments, that flesh out the portrait of such an unusual character. Ultimately, ...