The UK’s leading comedy newcomer competition, So You Think You’re Funny? (SYTYF?) has revealed this year’s 10 finalists, plus confirmed comedian and TV star Sue Perkins will be... more
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NextUp (‘the Netflix of UK stand-up’) is announcing the long-list of nominees for the Biggest Award in Comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, voted for by NextUp members and their panel of... more
The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty is the brand new live audience sitcom from Christian Brighty and Amy Greaves.Inverting the familiar worlds of BBC Period Dramas, Jane Austen, Poldark and... more
Following over 40 sold-out performances in 2023 and 2024, Impatient Productions have announced Ruby Wax’s triumphant return to the West End for the first time in ten years, with her most raw and... more
Every year the Edinburgh Fringe is positively awash with jokes. I've just sent in my nominations for the annual Dave's Joke of the Fringe Award, which selects the funniest one-liners at the Festival... more
Jon Richardson is to join Absolute Radio from September of this year. He’ll be live every Saturday morning from 8am, either from Absolute Radio’s London studios or his very own home-built studio in... more
Reclusive puzzle-setter, John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor (David Mitchell) sees his life of solitude turned upside down when his identical twin brother, James, disappears without a trace. In a quest to... more
2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award winning stand-up Ahir Shah is to release his debut stand-up special on Netflix. The hit stand-up show was recorded earlier this year at London’s prestigious... more
Before the Edinburgh Fringe began this year, John Tothill hit the headlines with the story of having deliberately contracted malaria in a clinical trial in order to fund his 2023 Edinburgh Fringe... more
Comedian, actor, podcaster presenter Shane Todd is bringing his biggest show to date across Europe in 2024. Full House is Todd’s eleventh solo show and promises to be his... more
