The tour promises to cover her other TV appearances, too, including Celebrity Traitors and The Great British Sewing Bee. It runs for more than 60 dates, kicking off in Scunthorpe on September 23.

Mae Martin has signed a deal to develop projects with Netflix. The Canadian comic will record a stand-up special for the streamer, which will now have first refusal on any other series Martin develops ...

A man has been found guilty of stalking Joe Lycett. Sam Egerton had targeted the comedian online and been recorded shouting outside his house after he found out they lived on the same street in Kings ...

Last One Laughing UK was named best entertainment programme at the Broadcast Awards last night. Here We Go won the best comedy category, and Big Boys best comedy-drama, in the accolades handed out by ...

London’s Always Be Comedy is to take over the gig run by Banana Cabaret for the past 43 years. Chortle last month revealed that the Banana, one of the UK’s oldest comedy clubs, was leaving The Bedford ...

A Russian comedian has been jailed for almost six years after making a joke about a disabled person. Authorities had accused Artemy Ostanin of ‘inciting hatred’ in a routine about a man without legs ...

Comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri is joining the cast of BBC comedy Boarders. The stand-up – as seen on Taskmaster – appears as Mrs El-Fassi, a formidable headmistress at a rival school to St Gilbert’s.

Sky has announced the cast of Saturday Night Live – and confirmed that the show will launch on March 21.

However, concerns about inequality persist. The survey found that 86 per cent of respondents identified as white British or white (slightly more than the 82 per cent of the wider UK population), and ...

The same Gloucestershire venue is behind this revival of Men Behaving Badly, although it might not be quite such an obvious choice for a reappraisal. Despite being immensely popular in its heyday, the ...

A free trial bringing laughter-based workshops to Westminster women is launching this week, backed by comedian Carly Smallman. It is the first in a series of nationwide trials for Comedy on ...

Comedians Elis James and John Robins have launched a podcast production company with their long-term producer Dave Masterman. Significant Productions will make comedy and entertainment content, ...