George Wendt, who played Norm Peterson in Cheers, has died at the age of 76. His family said he died peacefully in his sleep ...

The comedian grew up in County Kildare in Ireland, with her mum Helen and sister Sinead, after her dad, Brian, died when she was three. Her real surname is O'Sullivan and she adopted Bea as her stage ...

Writer, actor and comedian Rebecca Humphries has signed a book deal for her debut novel. Maiden, Mother, Crone is described as a satirical folk-horror mystery about a local am-dram star.

The live version of Dear Bill was taped live at London’s Fortune Theatre. It is sung by Jak Malone, who delivers the ballad as MI5 secretary Hester Leggatt. It is a heartfelt message to a fictional ...

Comedians including Stewart Lee, Mark Steel and Arthur Smith are to perform an updated version of Alexander Pope’s 18th century satire The Dunciad. The poem, first published in 1728, celebrates a ...

Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker. This week's is all about the letter Q. Good luck!

John Kearns is joining the Penny Dreadfuls team for a new Sherlock Holmes comedy play – with new songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. He will appear alongside Humphrey Ker, David Reed and ...

Here’s a trailer for Sunlight, Nina Conti’s film about a woman escaping a toxic relationship who ends up on the road in a monkey suit. Her character gets picked up by a man seeking retribution from ...

Sir Lenny Henry is to perform his first stand-up comedy gig in 16 years next week. The comic is to headline the Perth Festival of the Arts on May 30, with what he describes as a ‘comedy lecture’.

Not Going Out started in 2006 as a flatshare comedy with Megan Dodds as Lee’s landlady. However, she left at the end of ...

Dylan Moran is to make his debut as a Shakespearean actor, starring stage opposite Dame Harriet Walter. The comedian is to play Touchstone in a new production of As You Like It, directed by Ralph ...

Sarah Silverman has admitted she was ‘fucking ignorant’ to don blackface for her American TV show. In a 2007 episode of her Comedy Central series The Sarah Silverman Show, she blacked up and said: ‘I ...