Seven Englishmen, an Essex girl and a Northern Irishman walk into a casino. Actually, the joke among the Best of British 5 Star Comedy Preview on Thursday night was the speed of SkyCity lifts, but that's not quite as catchy.

Guy Williams will be perfroming during the 2014 New Zealand Comedy Festival.

Rhys Mathewson will be perfroming during the 2014 New Zealand Comedy Festival.

Normally I would do everything in my power to ignore it but being on 7 Days means I have "to be aware of things other people care about".

Lisa Chappell's self-penned, one-woman show is a macabre comedy that takes us a million miles away from the wholesome, girl-next-door persona of McLeod's Daughter.

We round up the year's best and worst April Fools' hoaxes.

When US comedian Laurie Kilmartin found out that her 83-year-old father was dying from lung cancer she decided to "surround him with love and sarcasm".

Nick Grant finds out the secrets of a new local show.

A new crop of sitcoms has Nick Grant pulling up the couch.

Five new series begin this week; not all are good.

Scottish comedian Billy Connolly will tour New Zealand this year, bringing his "High Horse Tour" to 12 cities and towns in April and May.

Ben Stiller says a script for Zoolander 2 exists, but he's trying to "figure out" how to get the movie sequel off the ground.

Coarse, confronting and occasionally profound Auckland-based comedy series just what we've been missing.

The Monty Python team, all equipped with evasive middle-class charm, have ducked the admission that their reunion next northern summer is driven by lucre.

7 Days team captains Dai Henwood and Paul Ego are joining us for a live chat at 12pm as they prepare to take their show on the road.

Hey kids, get ready to shout 'Look behind you!' when the Christmas panto season starts, says Dionne Christian.

Party on, dudes? Bill & Ted fans, Keanu Reeves says he is game for another excellent adventure.