The Museum Of Curiosity news:
Alice Levine named next curator of The Museum Of Curiosity
Alice Levine will co-host the next series of The Museum Of Curiosity alongside John Lloyd. Series 15 starts on Radio 4 on Monday 7th September.
British Comedy Guide, 19th August 2020Chortle Awards 2020 nominees
Bob Mortimer, Greg Davies, Katherine Ryan, Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Allen are amongst the nominees for the Chortle Awards 2020. Jonny Pelham, Jessica Fostekew and Catherine Cohen have two nods.
British Comedy Guide, 27th February 2020Streaming with laughter: 50 best stand-up comedy shows
From Bill Hicks to Hannah Gadsby, Dave Chappelle to Josie Long - here are 50 specials you can watch right now.
Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Ellen E Jones, Brian Logan and Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 22nd February 2020Comics up for British LGBT Awards
Hannah Gadsby, Joe Lycett, Susan Calman and Suzi Ruffell all nominated.
Chortle, 11th February 2020The most memorable comedy gigs of the 2010s
Here Chortle editor Steve Bennett recalls the shows that had the biggest personal impact since 2010.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 31st December 2019The top ten comedy gigs of 2019
As is tradition, here's my look back at the ten most memorable comedy gigs of the last 12 months. There are bound to be omissions - the 300 or so shows I see each year are but a scratch on the volume of work the UK's industrious comedy scene produce - and the emphasis is on the 'memorable' not necessarily the funniest or the most game-changing, even if these qualities are so often interlinked.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th December 2019Best of 2019: comedy
It was a year in which we welcomed some big, big names back on stage, including Ben Elton, Clive Anderson and Jack Dee.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 28th December 2019Opinion: top comedy gigs of 2019
Here are my top comedy gigs of 2019 very much in no particular order. Impossible to pick one out, but hopefully if you've been reading beyond the joke over the last twelve months some of these are favourites of yours too.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th December 2019