2013 Foster's Award Winner Bridget Christie and Nick Helm have been victorious today at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards. Christie's show A Bic For Her won the Comedy Category, beating fellow nominees... more
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Comedian, illustrator and filmmaker Alasdair-Beckett King was crowned the latest New Act of the Year at the Bloomsbury Theatre tonight (Sunday). Except that in a change to the usual tradition instead... more
The results of the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2013 have been announced. The awards, now in their 8th year, are organised by The British Comedy Guide (www.comedy.co.uk), a website dedicated to the promotion... more
Following recent rumours of a Mighty Boosh tour which were promptly denied by the duo's management, Julian Barratt is definitely doing a live gig in his own right. Barratt will be appearing at the... more
From virals of the posh and dozy Gap Yah guy to The Fast Show shorts, online comedy has been a bubbling phenomenon in recent years. A cheap and cheerful way of screening new sketches and sitcoms, it... more
Saddened to hear of the death of Roger Lloyd Pack from pancreatic cancer at the age of 69. He was a sitcom regular who will probably - and unfairly - be best remembered in years to come for standing... more
Last year around the time of Ben Elton's The Wright Way there was a lot of talk in the press about whether comedians lose it in old age. One comedian who goes about his business quietly and is still... more
2014 is shaping up to be a busy year for Seann Walsh. The Brighton-bred comedian has just announced UK dates for his Foster's Award-nominated show The Lie-In King. The tour includes a short run at... more
2014 is definitely shaping up to be the year of the comedy comeback. The Monty Python O2 Arena gigs might be the biggest story, but Cleese and Co may not turn out to be the only veterans who get back... more
Here's a lovely treat. The usually screen-reticent Daniel Kitson stars in this video for Darren Hanlon's song Fingertips and Mountaintops which I just came across. It dates from October 2007*. Kitson... more
