When a man Sikisa was seeing ghosted her, she believe he must have died… and even threw a funeral for him. At least that’s the yarn she spins in this stand-up clip, in which she also talks about her ...

Women are crushing sitcoms, with the likes of Kat Sadler, Bridget Christie, Lucia Keskin, Nida Manzoor, Diane Morgan and the Amandaland crew creating some of the best-in-class comedies of the past ...

Comedians used to be very coy about being Tories, at least until GB News made being a right-wing pundit a lucrative career option. But the tweedy Andrew Watts – a man once described as ‘too Radio 4 ...

Bisexual Williams had an uneasy introduction to Christianity thanks to The Street Bible, a cringe-inducing early Noughties attempt to rewrite gospel in contemporary slang. He still recalls the ...

Former film student Danny Ward worked on the movie as an assistant to designer Jon Hutman, and he kicks off his show with a deliberately shoddy low-budget video recap of the perennial Christmas ...

Like many adolescents, Jessica Durand used fan fiction to explore her nascent sexuality. In her case, that involved inserting herself into Downton Abbey as a humble maid called Peggy, working for the ...

But Mad Rod, the much underrated creation of Steve Lee, does bring the jokes, with wordplay aplenty as he introduces the sort of games he supposedly played in prison to while away the hours. No ...

The film – Palestine’s official entry to the 2025 Academy Awards – is being released in the UK by Glasgow-based Cosmic Cat, who say it ‘fuses documentary, fiction, black comedy and animation to create ...

But Loser Lion Party Bus certainly lives up to its ‘high octane’ billing, and as an absurdist clown, LA-based Priess is a commanding performer generating a lot of positivity and energy – despite ...

Having swelled his reputation with his band The Cosmique Perfectión and the release of a visual concept album recently, Jazz Emu appears at the height of his powers, opening portentously with an ...

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme: The acclaimed sketch show returns for a one-off special, 15 months after the last, with his usual supporting cast of Simon Kane, Carrie Quinlan, Lawry Lewin and ...

Sam Nicoresti has won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for the best show on the Fringe, becoming the first trans comedian to take the accolade.