Stand Up

Ask anyone on the street to name a stand-up comedian and chances are 8 out of 10 people would first think of Michael McIntyre. Arguably the UK's most successful stand-up comedian of the last three years, Michael McIntyre has catapulted himself to super-stardom - ...

Simply put, this man is a living comedy icon. Known almost as much for his transvestitism and pro European stance as he is for his truly inspired social observations, Eddie Izzard is one of the most gleefully unpredictable performers to have sabotaged the stage and ...

On first reading, you may be fooled into thinking that Micky Flanagan is an Irishman. He is in fact a genuine cockney from the East End, but not your average cockney. Micky is what you might describe as an intellectual cockney. Micky started his comedy career back in ...

Be warned, do not judge a book by its cover. Beneath the warm gentle exterior of Sarah Millican lies an acerbic woman who will cut you down to size with one Geordie syllable. ...

Ever since his first temper tantrum, Bo Burnham knew he wanted to perform. After an awkward "athletic" phase, he started dedicating his time to school theatre. ...

If you've ever caught a hilarious Welshman having a right old rant on telly, chances are your sides were splitting watching Rhod Gilbert. Growing up in Carmarthen in deepest, ...

Josie Long spent her early life in Orpington, South East London and began performing stand-up comedy at the ridiculously young age of 14. At 17 she won the BBC New Comedy Awards, ...

Ava Vidal is a woman who isn't likely to take things lying down. Although quite calm on the outside, there is a fire inside her that is ready to burst out, most likely on stage. ...

Australian born Jim Jefferies is brash, crude, loud and darn hilarious. He’s appeared on countless TV shows, toured his comedy around the world and even released his own live DVD, ...

Dara O'Briain started out his television career on a kids TV show in Ireland, a job he is more than happy to forget. Years spent doing the circuit in Ireland eventually led him ...