Comedy

Chappelle has previously faced a backlash over comments about transgender people in his Netflix comedy special, The Closer. (PA)

Dave Chappelle attacked at Netflix Is a Joke festival
Actor Jamie Foxx joined Chappelle and helped apprehend the alleged attacker before the performance continued

See what's on at the O2 this April. (PA)

Find out what's on at the O2 Arena in April from John Bishop to Bastille

Mo Gilligan. (Live Nation)

Mo Gilligan tickets for O2 Arena London on sale today - how to get tickets

Mo Gilligan. (Live Nation)

Mo Gilligan announces special O2 Arena London show- how to get tickets

Chris Rock. (Live Nation)

Tickets for Chris Rock's London show on his UK tour go on general sale today

A theatre stage. Credit: Canva

ATG Tickets extends 2 for 1 tickets deal to April - How to get yours

Scarlett Moffatt (left) and Rosie Jones (right) are among celebrities taking part in this year's Comic Opera for Red Nose Day.

Scarlett Moffatt and Rosie Jones to feature in Comic Opera for Red Nose Day

Photo of Sir Lenny Henry, host of Comic Relief, via BBC/Comic Relief/Nicky Johnston. Also pictured, Sue Perkins presenting her CBeebies Bedtime Stories Comic Relief special, photo via Guy Levy/BBC.

When is Red Nose Day 2022? What we know about the Comic Relief show so far

Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt...More 2022 tour is coming to London- how to get tickets

Mo Gilligan will be the new Brits host. (PA/Brits)

Brits Awards 2022: Who is hosting this year after Jack Whitehall steps down from hosting duties

BBC Three returned to screens from Tuesday, February 1, here are all the shows airing in this month (PA)

What TV shows are on BBC Three and when? See the full list of programmes

Rows of empty red theatre seats. Credit: PA

ATG Tickets has 2 for 1 tickets in March - How to get yours

The BBC has confirmed when the popular channel BBC Three will return to screens (PA)

BBC Three to return to screens later this year- here's how you can watch it

Ricky Gervais at the NTA (PA)

Netflix announces release date for Ricky Gervais' After Life Series 3

David Walliams & Lily James (PA)

Lily James and David Walliams to star in BBC Comic Relief pantomime

Michael McIntyre returns to The Wheel. (PA)

Michael McIntyre returns to gameshow The Wheel along with celebrity guests

Lionel Blair arriving for the Oldie of the Year awards at Simpson's in the Strand, in London. Showbiz veteran Blair has died aged 92, his agent has told the PA news agency

Showbiz veteran Lionel Blair dies aged 92

Derry Girls is returning for third and final season (PA/Channel 4)

Derry Girls creator gives crushing update to fans of Channel 4 hit show

Images via Esher Theatre

A new theatre and music venue is opening in Esher

Sleeping Trees come to Battersea Arts Centre in December

Battersea Arts Centre hosts a feast of Christmas comedy

Comedian Ed Byrne tours UK with new show Spoiler Alert

Comedian Ed Byrne tours UK with new show Spoiler Alert

Samantha Baines brings her new show to Theatre503 Battersea

Comedian and actress Samantha Baines brings her new show to Theatre503 Battersea

Gyles Brandreth comes to the Rose Theatre in Kingston

Take a journey with Gyles Brandreth at the Rose Theatre in Kingston

Charlie Baker comes to the Riverhouse Barn

Charlie Baker serves up the laughs at Riverhouse Barn in Walton

Jo Caulfield will bring her new show - The Customer is Always Wrong - to the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington

Comedian Jo Caulfield comes to Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington

Reginald D Hunter will play Outside the Box on October 24 and 25.

Comedian Reginald D Hunter to play intimate Surbiton gigs

Comedians including Tim Vine and Patrick Monahan are performing a one-off charity gig in Carshalton

Comedians including Tim Vine and Patrick Monahan are performing a one-off charity gig in Carshalton

Sara Pascoe will perform at Laugh for Life on January 29

Star comedians sign up for Wandsworth pub gigs in aid of blood cancer charity

Photo by Steve Ullathorne

Bake Off's Sue Perkins tells us what to expect from her new show in Kingston

The Antipoet headlines the first Twickenham Comedy Club night

Twickenham Comedy Club launches at The Cabbage Patch

Comedian Andy Zaltzman will play Barnes Fringe Festival

Barnes gets its own fringe festival with exclusive Edinburgh previews

The Last Leg's Josh Widdicombe will bring tour to Sutton

The Last Leg's Josh Widdicombe will bring tour to Sutton

Jimmy Carr plays Croydon's Fairfield Halls on July 9

Comedian Jimmy Carr to be last performer at Fairfield Halls before closure

Helen George and Richard Flood star in Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie at Richmond Theatre

'I would love to do it': Patrick Marber tells us The Day Today would 'have some fun' with Brexit

Griff Rhys Jones books Walton warm-up for show about comedy partner Mel Smith

Griff Rhys Jones books Walton warm-up for show about comedy partner Mel Smith

Milton Jones tells us about joke theft and fellow comedians as he gears up for Balham and Greenwich Comedy Festivals

Milton Jones tells us about joke theft and fellow comedians as he gears up for Balham and Greenwich Comedy Festivals

Croydon stop-off for Grumpy Old Women

Croydon stop-off for Grumpy Old Women

Comedy's finest are heading to south west London for Balham Comedy Festival

Comedy's finest are heading to south west London for Balham Comedy Festival

VIDEO: Croydon ‘gap yah’ comedian explores the brutal world of job hunting

VIDEO: Croydon ‘gap yah’ comedian explores the brutal world of job hunting

Lucy Porter plays Battersea Barge as she warms up for Edinburgh

Comedy night launches with Edinburgh previews season in Battersea

Gyles Brandreth's Word Power will 'go from Shakespeare to Miley Cyrus via PG Wodehouse and Oscar Wilde' at Richmond Theatre

Gyles Brandreth's Word Power will 'go from Shakespeare to Miley Cyrus via PG Wodehouse and Oscar Wilde' at Richmond Theatre

Lucy Porter will play Croydon Comedy Festival this summer

Croydon Comedy Festival to return this summer

Tiff Stevenson plays Epsom Playhouse on April 21

Comedian Tiff Stevenson tells us the music, film, comedy and TV that entertains her...

Christian O'Connell plays Fairfield Halls on April 22

Absolute Radio breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell to perform his latest stand-up show in Croydon

8 Out of 10 Cats comedian Jon Richardson brings his friends to Sutton for charity comedy night

8 Out of 10 Cats comedian Jon Richardson brings his friends to Sutton for charity comedy night

Shazia Mirza performs her show The Kardashians Made Me Do It at Landmark Arts in Teddington

INTERVIEW: Comedian Shazia Mirza's provocative show the Kardashians Made Me Do It heads to Teddington

Paul Zerdin won America's Got Talent

America’s Got Talent winner Paul Zerdin tells us why Wimbledon will always be home

Happy Now? See Richard Herring in Croydon and Sutton

Comedian Richard Herring tells us about becoming a dad and his new stand-up tour

Meet the anarchist cook making a three-course meals in hotel rooms – and his show is coming to you

Meet the anarchist cook making a three-course meals in hotel rooms – and his show is coming to you

Jeremy Corbyn - Let’s start with Jezza, shall we? The Labour leader has won Parliamentary Beard of the Year are remarkably five times and it is easy to see why. It’s hard to imagine him without that short grey fuzz.

Croydon's Fairfield Halls to host star-studded concert in support of Jeremy Corbyn

Stuart Goldsmith's An Hour is heading to Sutton and Kingston

‘It’s a bit like being Kermit’ – Comedian’s Comedian Stuart Goldsmith brings award-nominated show to south west London

Ed Byrne - Outside, Looking In makes its way to Richmond, Shepherd's Bush and Dartford. Picture by Roslyn Gaunt

Ed Byrne discusses Caitlyn Jenner and being an outsider ahead of shows in Richmond and Dartford

See Frankie Boyle at Fairfield Halls

Controversial comedian Frankie Boyle's new tour heading to Croydon

See Dillie Keane at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, on February 14. Picture by Steve ullathorne

What's My Vibe? Fascinating Aida's Dillie Keane