Theatre has become a slow art. It takes time to write a play, and then additional time to get someone to produce it; no wonder, then, that current events are most likely to show up in cabaret and ...

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny cracked jokes on Wednesday in his first court appearance since being transferred to an Arctic penal colony, but a judge rejected his latest challenge ...

When does humor stop being funny and start reflecting the cracks in a society’s moral fabric? The recent harassment of Lisa, ...

Russia’s first AI-powered humanoid robot, AIdol, made an awkward debut in Moscow after toppling over on stage during its launch, leaving organisers scrambling to hide the mishap. The incident quickly ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters Life!) - Russia's most famous clown, Slava Polunin, says the key to his success is not his humor -- but his cunning. Sign up here. Dressed in a baggy, yellow boilersuit and red ...

When Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba was asked recently about politics in the U.S that was stalling their funding, he quipped that his country would figure out a clever way to battle the ...

Well that was more fun than reading the book. All due respect to Fyodor Dostoevsky, but “Crime and Punishment,” his nihilistic deep dive into conscience and utilitarianism with its protagonist’s ...