Laura Lexx

Comedy videos to raise your spirits

Self-isolating comedians are working from home to bring a little light relief to the nation. Here's a roundup of some of the funniest.

25 funny jokes from comedians to cheer you up

If you're feeling in need of a bit of light relief, enjoy these one-liners from top stand-ups and rising stars of the comedy scene.

Laura Lexx interview

The award-winning comedian, actor and writer on the things that make her laugh the most.

A comedian walks into a coronavirus crisis...

For the nation's stand-up comics, jokes about Covid-19 are being delivered through gritted teeth -- for an industry that was the first gig economy, the total shutdown of most comedy venues means the nation's gagsters are short of cash and short of an audience.

Laura Lexx's Jurgen Klopp fantasy goes viral

Brighton-based stand-up Laura Lexx tweeted the following: "If I ever met Jurgen Klopp I'd say omg if we have a baby we should call it Klipp, just so he'd raise an eyebrow at me and tell me I'm a moron and I'd be so naked by the time he'd finished doing that." And sure enough it went viral. In less than a day the tweet has received nearly a thousand retweets and nearly 30,000 likes.

Laura Lexx on her most memorable gigs

Laura Lexx, who is currently on tour with her stand-up show Knee Jerk, recalls her five most memorable gigs...

Laura Lexx interview

"We won't learn until something big happens to shock us."

Laura Lexx: 'It's really hard to be a good person'

Award-winning rising star takes Knee Jerk on tour.

Words are weapons in insult comedy - but should you go sledgehammer or stiletto? That's the dilemma facing standups Laura Lexx and Tom Livingstone as the sanctioned slanging match returns for a fourth season, with regular refs Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan joined by guest judge Noel Fielding.

Interview: Laura Lexx

She talks about how hard it is to be a good person, whether she really wants to live her life on the internet, and why stand-up is her true calling.