Performing Arts: Comedy

Before Hacks and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, there was the comedienne who started it all First Lady of Laughs tells the story of Jean Carroll, the f...

Take a self-care trip to Stars Hollow with this collection of life lessons from the Gilmore GirlsRelationship issues? Holding out for a parent’s ap...

New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actress, and producer Phoebe Robinson is back with a new essay collection that is equal parts thoughtf...

For fans of Really Good Actually and I'm Glad My Mom Died'Moving, hilarious and generally astonishing' - Guardian'The most fun a reader can have th...

A wide-ranging survey of the subject that celebrates the variety and complexity of film comedy from the ‘silent’ days to the present, this authorit...

A spirited dive into the life and career of a performer, writer, and director who dominated twentieth-century American comedy   Mel Brooks, born Me...

Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, John Oliver, and Jimmy Kimmel—these comedians are household names whose satirical takes on politics, the news, and c...

'Outstanding, I want to press it into the hands of every newly diagnosed person' Fern Brady'Like a Martian's guide to living on Earth. Funny, enlig...

Two strangers meet in a pub toilet in a small city that no one cares about. Liam, struggling with addiction and money troubles, has never left the ...

Where are the friends? Are they hiding in Monica's apartment? Drinking coffee at Central Perk? Maybe at the beach house? Find all your favorite fri...

A hilarious and timely essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from comedy superstar and 2 Dope Queens podcaster Phoebe Robinson Being...

Brooke has it all: the job, the flat, the girlfriend... but what happens when things go tits up just before your 30th birthday?  Hopeless romantic...

New York Times bestselling author and star of 2 Dope Queens Phoebe Robinson is back with a new, hilarious, and timely essay collection on gender, r...

The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film, from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, this book examines the ...

‘This book made me laugh and then order an unholy amount of takeaway.’ GREG DAVIES‘One of my favourite comics has now written an annoyingly great b...

*A memoir and self-help manual by one of the country's most treasured comedians - for anyone who feels stuck in a rut but doesn't have the tools or...

'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hi...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller and Financial Times Best Audio of 2023From brutal schooldays to 80s anarchy, through The Young Ones, Bottom and...

Paul Whitehouse and fishing expert John Bailey celebrate the timeless joy of fishing. Paul Whitehouse and John Ba...

'An absolutely brilliant read' Patrick Kielty, Late Late Show, RTÉ‘Blisteringly honest . . . hilarious, traumatic, joyful and terrifying. Fasten yo...

Long Live Hookey Street ...Ménage et trois! It's been more than 40 years since John Sullivan's Only Fools and Horses first graced our television sc...

One of the crucial factors which kept Tommy going on the Western Front was his facility to see what was comic in the horror, deprivation and discom...

Object work, environment and physicality are essential for improvisational theatre. Skilled improvisers can draw audiences into the performance by ...

'Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being human.' Observer'Funny, honest and hea...

'Piercingly honest… witty… wonderful' - The Observer'My favourite way to learn is when a funny, clever, honest person is teaching me – that's why I...

An adoring, celebratory tribute to the one, the only, Jennifer Coolidge, that all-at-once captures her unique personality, engaging life story, sma...

Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, mostly absurd collection of poetry and essays from comedy superstar and creator of Netflix phenomenon Inside B...

'Hilarious and heartbreaking' Sara Pascoe'Sheer bloody joy' Philippa PerryOver the course of a year, comedian Rachel Parris asked members of her li...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure* Blockbust...