St Albans gets its own Comedy Garden festival

Dara O Briain, Sara Pascoe, Alan Davies, Tom Allen and Aisling Bea are among the big names who will be playing the St Albans Comedy Garden.

Comedy review: Katherine Ryan at Alban Arena, St Albans

Ryan is the real thing, but she just needs to leave her comfort zone of smiling abrasiveness to take this enjoyable hour from good to great.

Review: Jon Richardson at Alban Arena, St Albans

The comedian is thick-skinned about talking about his thin skin and is great at dealing with mishaps in the room.

Review: Rob Brydon at the Alban Arena, St Albans

The show may take a little time to get into its groove, but Brydon is a master at giving the audience a good time.

Review: Count Arthur Strong at the Alban Arena

There are flat sequences that could do with some sharpening, but there's too much to treasure in this mock old-school entertainer.

Witless Series 2 filming in St Albans

Cameras are expected to be set up in the city centre [of St Albans] to film the second series of Witless - a comedy about the lives of two flatmates who have been forced into witness protection.

Live review: Ivor Dembina, Old Jewish Jokes, Albany, W1

What is it that makes Jewish humour simultaneously so Jewish and so universal? Ivor Dembina's show at the Albany, Old Jewish Jokes, provides some clues.

Live comedy: Farewell to Lowdown at the Albany

A stalwart of the London circuit, Lowdown at the Albany, is sadly closing its doors to comedy.

Veteran comic & Albania's favourite Norman Wisdom dies

Charlie Chaplin called him his "favourite clown," and generations of British filmgoers would have wholeheartedly agreed.

Video: Albania's love for Norman Wisdom

Comedy actor Sir Norman Wisdom has died at the age of 95, his son has confirmed.

Former BBC correspondent Bill Hamilton worked closely with him in Albanian children's charities, and says he was a "cult hero" there.