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

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

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

British stand-up comedian and sitcom star Ricky Gervais said comics should not obsess over potentially offending audiences, because any joke will offend somebody somewhere. In a new interview with the ...

Anyone who thinks British humor is limited to withering quips on “Downton Abbey” is living in the past. Jimmy Carr and Sarah Millican, both performing sold-out shows this month in Minneapolis, are ...

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 ...

No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

Todd Barry is a New York–based comedian who gained recognition with his 2014 special The Crowd Work Tour, produced by Louis C.K., where he performed entirely improvised sets based on audience ...

Ross Noble has been forced to postpone several upcoming shows after being hospitalised with a kidney infection, the comedian announced on Monday. The 48-year-old British stand-up star, currently ...