NZ comedy had a cracker year with Boy a box office hit, 7 Days wooing critics and audiences alike and record attendance at live Comedy Festival shows. Are we finally getting funny?

Compulsory cringe binge Parks and Recreation's Amy Poehler shows no mercy in her painfully revealing portrayal of a babbling small-time bureaucrat. By Deborah Hill Cone.

With a new DVD out, Peter Rowley talks to Scott Kara about being Billy T. James's right-hand man.

March brings strong theatre line-up and musicians and acts from around the globe. Check out the top acts.

Bill Clinton is to appear in a comedy film about the debauched antics of a group of friends in Thailand, according to reports.

Comedian and actor Robin Williams is to donate the profits from his show in Christchurch to rebuilding the earthquake-hit city.

A Flight Of The Conchords star is trying to convince Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement to star in a live stage version of their cult show.

Kiwi stand-up comedy series A Night At The Classic is appointment viewing, says Deborah Hill Cone.

Comedian Sarah Silverman has never been afraid of causing offence with her foul-mouthed stand-up routines. Now her frank autobiography has won plaudits from the most unlikely quarters, reports Paul Harris.

Kiwi Flight of the Conchords duo Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement have cemented their star status with an appearance on The Simpsons.

Liberal news satirist Jon Stewart is planning a "Rally to Restore Sanity" in Washington next month.

Watch the Irish rowing pair give and honest and hilarious interview after their sliver winning performance.

After decades and decades and billions and billions of dollars it turns out about a million New Zealanders don't have the numeracy and literacy skills to make a living or make a go of life.

Only Bill Bailey could have a theatre roaring with laughter over the Renaissance painting The Incredulity of Saint Thomas.

David Fane has been suspended from his Radio Network job for a week for offensive comments made during an expletive-laden rant last week.