The premise could not be simpler: woman of a thousand voices Jess Robinson sings the greatest hits of Elton John in the style of various divas. Or should that be *other* divas, given the glam rock god ...

Jason Manford has cancelled a run of gigs at short notice after falling ill. The comic pulled his performance at the Alban Arena in St Albans, Hertfordshire, last night just hours before the doors ...

His relationship sounds pretty solid and candid, absorbing the time they spend apart gigging. Yet tensions over playing pool are blown out of all proportion, with McPherson displaying what passes for ...

The five acts in the running for this year’s Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award have been announced. They are: Bab, Abbie Edwards, Abbie Hale, Harry Jenkins and Ryan S Lewis. All will be ...

Production company Big Finish Originals are to release six new full-cast audio sitcom pilots from up-and-coming writers. The Comedy Playhouse collection – due out in November – came as a result of an ...

Cabbage The Clown takes on the role of a cinema’s extra-large reusable Suckee cup in this set from Chortle’s Fast Fringe. The performer’s Edinburgh show, Cinemadrome, is based on her former ...

Jimmy Tarbuck has written his autobiography – more than 60 years after his first TV appearance. The book, Laughter is the Best Medicine, is to be published in November and is described as ‘a nostalgic ...

Other celebrities playing the Traitors: Live Experience event in London include Capital Breakfast’s Chris Stark, TV presenters Marvin and Rochelle Humes and Radio 2’s Scott Mills – as well as several ...

Phil Wang, comedian tour datesFormer Cambridge Footlights president who won the 2010 Chortle Student Comedy Award at the start of his stand-up career. He was one of the contestants in series seven of ...