THE LAST LAUGH: backstage (onstage) with Tommy Cooper, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Morecambe
Damian Williams, Simon Cartwright and Steve Royle are superb, capturing Tommy Cooper, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Morecambe’s voices and mannerisms.
Comedy
Fancy a laugh? Tickle your funny bone with these stand-up gigs, interviews and festivals.
Standup JESSICA FOSTEKEW rails against “monsters and egos” in Machynlleth
Jessica Fostekew is bringing her Iconic Breath tour to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. Liz Morrison is charmed by the comedian, onstage and off.
CARYS ELERI thinks big with a multimedia comedy show on neuroscience and much more
Carys Eleri's Tonguing is a fun, giddy night out: candid, frank and a breath of fresh air in a world that can take itself too seriously.
Science, songs and shrooms: Welsh musical comic CARYS ELERI returns
Searching for the intersection between comedy, self-help, neuroscience and music? Look no further than Carys Eleri's latest show Tonguing.
“Don’t be scared to ask for what you want” – comedian MEL OWEN on female empowerment
Amy Ford spoke to Welsh comedian Mel Owen, who's performing at the International Women’s Day Comedy Gala in Newport this March.
Hack comedy: AMY MASON turns data breaches into her new standup show
Amy Mason’s standup show Behold! explores the dangers of life on the internet, and what happens when the online world meets the real one.
At Porter’s, a new entrepreneurial comedy duo teach you how to have a green Christmas
Hari Berrow talks to Alexander Lewis and Michael Michaels of new entrepreneurial comedy show It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Business.
LEILA NAVABI on gay babymaking and the power of community
Hari Berrow talks Leila Navabi about Relay, her raucous new one-woman musical comedy, and the experiences that led to its creation.
RHYS DARBY: Kiwi quirkiness and the new tech Armageddon, live in Cardiff
The themes of Rhys Darby’s show The Legend Returns, ageing and an increasingly tech-filled future, make for kinetic storytelling, fast and very funny.
RHYS DARBY vs the robots: “Standup will be the last artform robots can’t do”
In the middle of his tour The Legend Returns, Kiwi, comedian, actor and self-confessed dilettante Rhys Darby squeezed in time with Antonia LeVay to talk AI, cryptid expeditions and robot tech.
GREG DAVIES: 6’8″ of comedy legend with a wealth of embarrassing tales
Greg Davies is back with his new tour Full Fat Legend, which is a straight 90-minute set filled with some horrifically humanising tales.
CERYS BRADLEY on comedy, podcasting and ableism
Cerys Bradley is a queer, autistic comedian whose accessible show design is making waves in the comedy scene. Ahead of their live shows in Machynlleth, Hari Berrow talks to them about their new podcast It’s Ableism.
Who’s on the comedy festival circuit this summer (and where to find them online)
Choosing who to watch at comedy festivals can be tough. Let Hari Berrow guide you through some of the most exciting Welsh talent, by showing you where you can find them online.
Comedy in Wales: ribtickling picks for the month ahead
The comedy scene in Wales is buoyant of late, as shown by Isobel Grace Cox's standup roundup for February and March.
Behind the Scenes of SPAMALOT: ERIC IDLE’s candid diary of comedy and chaos
Eric Idle’s The Spamalot Diaries offers a humorous and heartfelt behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Monty Python-inspired Broadway hit.
THE UNFINISHED HARAULD HUGHES: RICHARD AYODAE’s witty dive into forgotten British theatre
In The Unfinished Harauld Hughes, Richard Ayoade uncovers the obscure, satirical world of playwright Harauld Hughes.
Laughter by the sea: ABERYSTWYTH COMEDY FEST brings big names to mid-Wales again
Now in its sixth year, the Aberystwyth Comedy Festival brings four back-to-back days of comedy to venues across this charming seafront town.
DOM JOLY explores the weird world of conspiracies in Newport
Hitting Newport’s Riverfront this month, Dom Joly’s new live show Conspiracy finds the onetime Trigger Happy TV man debunking – or not – some of the weirder conspiracy theories out there.
COUNT BINFACE touches down in Cardiff to set our world to rights
With Cardiff the first stop on his Bindependance Day tour, we chat to the receptacle-headed political satirist and occasional electoral candidate Count Binface.
Foster care meets comedy? KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN explains how
Kiri Pritchard McLean adds foster parenting to both her personal life and on-stage material, including brand new tour Peacock.
PETER SERAFINOWICZ returns to Cardiff with entrepreneurial wisdom as alter ego BRIAN BUTTERFIELD
Peter Serafinowicz's self-styled “businessman, entrepreneur and businessman”, Brian Butterfield is as larger-than-life as ever at the New Theatre.
The call of Brian Butterfield: how PETER SERAFINOWICZ perfected his alter ego
First birthed on TV, Peter Serafinowicz tells us how this stage iteration of the absurd businessman Brian Butterfield came to life.
Comedian RACHEL PARRIS on touring, turning 40 & ‘hairy nights out’ in Swansea
British standup comedian and fixture of the raised eyebrow social comment wing of TV Rachel Parris returns to Cardiff with her latest tour - and a quick chat.
Comedian MORGAN REES: out and about, representing Merthyr
Dashingly-bearded comedian Morgan Rees, a Merthyr Tydfil native scaling the standup ladder, tells us all about his debut UK tour, Turning Thirsty.