Over the past decade, and particularly since the pandemic years, the stand-up comedy special has undergone a quiet but ...

In the UK, new schemes to support mental health are introducing to people an unexpected skill: stand-up comedy.

YouTube functions as both a broadcast platform and a searchable archive. A special doesn't air once and vanish; it lives on, ...

Each year, Bullseye looks back on the year in stand-up comedy by presenting listeners with an annual end of year stand-up comedy showcase! The Bullseye team combed through dozens and dozens of albums ...

Unquestionably one of the defining British stand-ups of the past twenty years, Jimmy Carr is known for his edgy, joke-heavy material, but also for his sheer graft. He's a joke technician: he gets up ...

Alan Davies is known for his natural, relatable storytelling skills across the page, the stage, and the screen. The comedian ...

Stand-up comedy is enjoying a wonderful renaissance in the UK. Theatres small and large across the country are packed with fans enjoying the best of British gagsmiths, and you can't switch on the ...

You may know her as Bake-Off Sue. Or Taskmaster Sue. Perhaps Just A Minute Sue. Or even the Sue who delivers serious travel ...

The Cambridge Companion To Stand-Up Comedy is a collection of essays on the history and state of the art from lecturers and professors around the world. Some of the writers hide their academic roots ...

If comedy was indeed the “new rock'n'roll”, then Michael McIntyre was, for a hot second, its Elvis Presley. During the ...

Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? is the latest fictional film to mine humor and pathos from life on the stand-up stage—but ...