Netflix has been producing and distributing original stand-up specials for well over a decade, with no indication that they ...

No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

Eddie Murphy is arguably one of the biggest comedians ever. Before making an impact on Saturday Night Live, he was building a reputation for himself with an early stand-up career, and continued to do ...

After everything that happened in 2024, and heading into the five-year anniversary of the pandemic, you might have expected comedians to either reckon with the wreckage of the recent past and their ...

Netflix has become a premier platform for streaming modern comedy specials, with some of the biggest names in the business launching their shows on the service. This includes a growing number of ...

Netflix viewers have declared they’ve seen ‘comedy gold’ after a new stand-up special was added just in time for Twixmas. If you’ve already caught up on all the Christmas TV specials and raced through ...

The break-out star of Taskmaster and Mr Bigstuff is only embarking on her first ever stand-up tour. Fatiha's ironed her swaggest hijab and she's ready to hit the road to serve up her one-of-a-kind and ...

Sooner or later, nearly anyone who's made a name for themselves in stand-up comedy gets at least one shot at leading a movie (it’s now Matt Rife’s turn). But there are only a select few truly ...