US Comedy heavyweight Dave Chappelle has announced a run of intimate London shows taking place at Brixton Electric and Camden’s Electric Ballroom next week. Tickets go on sale Wednesday 31st August... more
News
The death of Gene Wilder has been announced. He was 83 and had been suffering from Alzheimers Disease. He died at his home in Stamford, ConnecticutWilder was best known for his film work with... more
The non-stop reading of the Chilcot Report has picked up another award. It has won the Fringe Zeitgeist Award at the inaugural Fringe awards from the Scottish arts website TV Bomb. The special event... more
The results of the Barry Awards have been announced today. These are awards for comedians performing in Edinburgh voted for by other comedians and comedy performers appearing at the Edinburgh... more
The winners of this year's lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards have been announced today at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh.Richard Gadd won the Best Show award for his show Monkey See Monkey Do.... more
The winners of the Malcolm Hardee Awards have been announced tonight at the Gillie Dhu in Edinburgh.The proud recipients are as follows:COMIC ORIGINALITYTwonkey - bonkers hybrid of Michael Bentine... more
BBC Radio 4 has announced a raft of new commissions, selected by the network’s Commissioning Editor for Comedy, Sioned Wiliam. As well as the best up-and-coming talent, listeners will hear brand new... more
The Sitcom Trials So You Think You Write Funny Grand Final took place at the Gilded Balloon on Tuesday August 23.Five brand new sitcoms were performed live in stage and the audience voted... more
Australian comedian Heidi Regan has been crowned winner of this year's So You Think You're Funny? competition.First runner-up went to Ireland's Ruth Hunter and 2nd runner-up was another... more
UK-based American comedian Will Franken has caused a kerfuffle with the nominations for his inaugural Defining The Norm Awards which have been announced in Spiked online today. The magazine is the... more
