The Edinburgh Fringe Festival ends today, following 49,497 performances of 3,193 shows in 299 venues across Scotland’s capital city. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced that by... more
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Scotland’s longest running comedy club – The Gilded Balloon – is expanding west with the launch of a brand new club in Glasgow, opening on Friday, August 29.Hosted in collaboration... more
Irishman Aidan Strangeman beat off stiff competition from eight of Britain and Ireland’s up and coming comic talents to be crowned the winner of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s stand-up comedy ... more
Sam Bickley, Channel Editor, BBC Three, has announced a raft of original new comedy programmes, including a full series for Josh, the flatsharing sitcom starring Josh Widdicombe that was a Comedy... more
The comedy world is still waiting for white smoke to emerge from the panel meeting and the official Foster's Award shortlist to announced any time now. So while we wait these were my predictions... more
The nominations for the 2014 Foster’s Comedy Awards have been announced. They are as follows:Sara PascoeJames AcasterJohn KearnsLiam WilliamsAlex HorneRomesh RanganathanSam SimmonsThe nominations for... more
TV channel Dave has announced the winner of the seventh annual award for Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe.For the first time in Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe’s seven-... more
The shortlist for the annual Increasingly Prestigious* Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards has been announced as follows:The three nominees for the mainMALCOLM HARDEE AWARD FOR COMIC ORIGINALITY(which is... more
Comedian and actor Lenny Henry is working on a play with the National Theatre about the life of legendary stand-up comedian Richard Pryor. Talking to Robert Elms on BBC London today Henry revealed... more
Australian comedian Celia Pacquola has beaten over 100 hopefuls to be named the winner of the Amused Moose Laughter Award 2014 for her show Let Me Know How It All Turns Out.... more
