Russell Brand has sold the Oxfordshire pub he bought five years ago, making a £100,000 profit on the sale. The former comedian bought The Crown in Pitsill near his Henley-on-Thames home for £870,000 ...

Angella Dravid’s I’m Happy For You must contain some of the darkest humour on offer at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Eugene Mirman says he’s ‘on the mend’ after being pulled from a burning car earlier this week. The comic said he was ‘extraordinarily thankful to the heroic people’ that saved him from the wreckage of ...

A comedy club run by stand-up Pete Gionis has been accused of harassment after a couple were subject to threats and intimidation for posting an unfavourable review online.

Walsh acknowledged that his first stint in I’m A Celebrity boosted his career – especially given his experiences on Strictly Come Dancing when an illicit kiss with dance partner Katya Jones turned him ...

Netflix is to air Louis CK ’s first stand-up special for a major streamer since he admitted to sexual misconduct. The comic was supposedly cancelled in 2017 after the New York Times published ...

Multimedia maven Lou Wall has CUT back slightly on the bells and whistles this year to offer a surprisingly thoughtful rumination on height and visibility. Given they stand at 6ft 5in, it’s a topic ...

Meet Ian Fletcher – the former BBC and Olympics executive now charged with helping deliver a major football tournament in America. As Twenty Twenty Six charts his efforts on BBC Two from Wendnesday, ...

• Zachary Ruane: Comedy is on at the Malthouse Theatre at 6pm (5pm Sundays; no show Mondays) until April 19.

Ben Russell’s Bon is an ode to idleness. Against a soundscape of pulsating synth, Russell tells anecdotes inspired by the search for ‘something to do’ – playing with synthesisers being one of his ...

• Hannah Gadsby: The Evening Muse is on at the Malthouse Theatre at 9pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 8pm on Sundays until April 19.

Downstairs in the same venue, indulging in a little sentimentality himself, Ed Night was on masterful form for a run of 2025’s Your Old Mucker, the show that won him his most recent Edinburgh Award ...