Social Media Ideas for Comedypro

Inside The Current Moment In Comedy Development: The Laugh List, Comedy Clubs As Incubators, Experimental Specials &...

2026 finds comedy at a moment of reinvention across platforms. The last decade has seen stand-up boom, with artists able to bootstrap their own careers like never before. TV comedy...

Airdate: RAW Comedy 2026

Luke McGregor hosts a showcase of the next wave of comedy acts.

Call for Entries: VicScreen Comedy Festival: Originate Comedy pitch

New initiative calls on Victorian comedy writers and stand-ups to pitch new narrative comedy series concepts.

New comedy night with stellar line-up takes Edinburgh Fringe by storm

Comedian, producer and Edinburgh obsessive Stephen Gordon (Mirror, LADBible) brings Notes: Comedy B-Sides - a late-night rotating format show - to Just the Tonic at The Caves, Edin...

Irish comic Marty Gleeson named best newcomer at Edinburgh Comedy Awards

Dubbed the Oscars for emerging comedy, the Edinburgh Comedy Awards celebrate outstanding performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The comedy festival photography exhibition capturing comedians passing on a joke

The pictures show comedians reacting to a joke

NY Comedy Festival returns with 200 comedians, 100 shows

No joke! The largest annual comedy show in the country has announced the headliners and shows for 2026.

'When times are tough, you need to laugh': One theatre's plan to get us smiling again

Auckland's Covert Theatre opens new season pass giving access to all Friday and Saturday improv shows from September to December.

Comic Relief Launches Inaugural "Neighborhood Festivals" in Los Angeles and Philadelphia to Bring Communities Together T...

Comic Relief is launching its new nationwide Neighborhood Festivals series this fall in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, combining live comedy, family entertainment, and hands-on volu...

Just For Laughs Sets 2026 New Faces Lineup

EXCLUSIVE: Just for Laughs has made its New Faces selections for 2026, with 47 comedic artists in this year’s class, between the stand-ups, characters, creators and writers program...

Morgan Jay, Russell Peters, Mo Amer and Maz Jobrani to headline Abu Dhabi Comedy Season

The 2026 edition promises some serious belly laughs Major lols incoming: the first four acts for the 2026 Abu Dhabi Comedy Season have just been announced, and it’s sure to have yo...

Kerry Comedy Club bringing top Irish comedians to Féile Lispole

Comedy Exports: Alex Calleja and The Comedy Crew Bring Pinoy Humor to Melbourne, Sydney, and Singapore

The Philippines’ premier stand-up comedian Alex Calleja is set to debut a brand-new comedy special to Filipinos in Australia and Singapore this August and September. The internatio...

Dubai Comedy Festival 2026 Is Back. Tickets Are Now Live.

Dubai Comedy Festival 2026 returns for its 7th edition from 9-18 October 2026, bringing together world-class comedy in multiple languages for 10 days of non-stop laughs. From globa...

Zim stand-up comedians make global inroads

ASHLEY MOYO LONG before stand-up com­edy became so popular and a global entertainment phe­nomenon, generations of Zimbabweans grew up captivated by the... To access this...

Comedy Night returns to Gwent venue this September

Comedy Night is returning to Newbridge Memo this September.

Pula Pro 2026 Emphasises Script Development

PULA: The programme of Pula Pro (12 – 16 July 2026), the industry segment of the Pula Film Festival is vaster than ever, and this year it includes the first edition of Authors’ Roo...

Rising stars of comedy to catch at the Edinburgh Fringe

While there are plenty of household names and established heavyweights drawing crowds this year, the true magic of the festival has always been in the thrill of discovery. The Edin...

Fourth time lucky as Chris Cantrill’s spoof whodunnit wins Edinburgh comedy award 2026

Nominated in three previous years, the rambunctious standup – one half of The Delightful Sausage – wins the prize for his show Rewilding while Marty Gleeson is named best newcomerT...

‘The Best Comedy is Born from Pain’: Two Egyptian Directors’ Approach

  It only took one brilliant Panda (2010) commercial to get Egyptians laughing at the all-too-familiar experience of losing their cool. One short scene, one simple storyline, and o...

Culture, comedy and plenty of laughs with Arabs and Asians

If you’re looking for something entertaining, different and guaranteed to give you a good few laughs at the Fringe, check out Arabs and Asians playing this week at the Pleasance Co...

Improv From Dickens to Dystopia

What’s more energetic, electric and humorously absurd than an improv performance? A themed improv performance.  The Eugene improv group No Script Society’s fall shows take … Contin...

How to Plan a Brilliant Comedy Night Out in London

Planning a comedy night out in London? From picking the right show and venue to booking early and travel tips, here is how to plan a brilliant evening. The post How to Plan a Brill...

Best Comedy Club?

I did a search for this and the newest thread was 5+ yrs old. We enjoy comedy more than live music and would love to go see a show or two on our upcoming trip for 7 nights. The c...