Scientists say there are four key humour styles - and have even come up with a test to reveal which ones you possess.

Here’s my annual list of the most memorable of the approximately 300 live comedy shows I saw this year, as editor of Chortle. It’s a different metric than ‘best’ – though thankfully none of the shows ...

It’s a ridiculous time to be male – and that’s good news for a new genre of social media comedy poking fun at the shifting notions of masculinity ...

Toomey runs the Frog and Bucket comedy club, FAB Comedy agency, is director of the Women in Comedy Festival and director of the Live Comedy Association. Funny Women founder Lynne Parker says: "This ...

The standup on studying Ancient Greek comedy at university, his worst gig and having the test scores shouted at him during sets ...

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If there's one thing that there's no shortage of in Hollywood, it's bad comedy movies. Every single year, it seems like Hollywood loves shoving their bad jokes down the collective throats of the ...

Barnard Castle’s comedy club, Funny Way To Be, has announced its 2026 season at The Witham, featuring top stand-up and TV comedians in a ...

Stand-up comedy is one of the toughest jobs in showbiz and ITV1's seven-part reality series, Show Me The Funny, is on the hunt for the next stand-up superstar in comedy. Hosted by award-winning ...

Don't be frightened! Thursdays are Funny. VERY FUNNY. Welcome to a weekly evening of pure hilarity. Mirth. Maybe a few giggles. Ah, what fun. We've waved goodbye to Little Miss Jocelyn and Never ...

Isy Suttie is a comedy polymath. She’s an accomplished and celebrated stand-up, she writes acclaimed radio comedies, she’s a successful comic novelist, a brilliant and hilarious film and TV actor – ...