Features

Marcus Brigstocke: The comedian now arriving at Waterloo ...

... is turning his hand (and facial hair) to acting, having mastered stand-up, writing a book, and being an eco-hero and self-confessed hypocrite. Susie Mesure meets Marcus Brigstocke.

Inside Features

Comedians: Laughing all the way to the bank

Sunday, 19 June 2011

Kate Youde: Stand-up comedians have big followings for live tours, TV shows and DVDs. Now publishers hope fans will pursue them into bookstores.

Cultural Life: Bo Burnham, comedian

Friday, 17 June 2011

Phil Kay launches new cycle of comedy with a bicycle tour of the South Bank

Friday, 10 June 2011

There was a time when Phil Kay's brand of improvised madness was seen as revolutionary in the comedy world. Now the former British Comedy Award winner and Perrier nominee will oversee a host of further revolutions in his name when, before his gig at London's Udderbelly, he will lead his audience on a bicycle tour of the South Bank.

Heard the one about the bloke who crossed the Atlantic to tell us a joke?

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Back home, they have fame and fortune. So why do American stand-ups risk the perils of British gigs? Veronica Lee reports

Bo Burnham: 'I'm a complete hypocrite'

Sunday, 29 May 2011

His comic songs are an internet sensation, garnering 90 million YouTube hits. His stand-up show has had critics in raptures on both sides of the Atlantic. And now Hollywood is knocking at his door. Not bad for a 20-year-old ...

University of Kent's comedy module celebrates its 10th anniversary

Friday, 13 May 2011

Much has been made, and rightly so, of the prevalence of stand-ups on our screens, airwaves and stages. However, while the phenomenon seems recent the 10th anniversary of the trail-blazing stand-up comedy module of the University of Kent's Drama and Theatre Studies course reminds us that the popularisation of the art form has some history behind it, and suggests that even the post, post-alternative era is all grown-up now.