The BBC New Comedy Award is back to search for the most exciting new comedy acts the UK has to offer.The competition, launched today, provides an opportunity for the best new talent to kick-start... more
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Comedian Susan Calman explores depression in a new podcast for the BBC, Susan Calman’s Mrs Brightside: A Cheerful Look at Depression.Each week Susan and her guests will discuss their shared... more
Comedy duo Stiff & Kitsch are the winners of this year's WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards final.The twosome, Sally O’Leary and Rhiannon Neads, were judged to be the winners out of the ten... more
Fans who were lucky enough to get tickets for the charity screenings of the finale of Peter Kay's Car Share have been singing the show's praises.The audience at the Blackpool Opera House on Friday... more
The Sunday Herald's Scottish Culture Awards have come under fire for not including a comedy category.Promoter Alan Anderson who, among other things, runs the Scottish Comedian of the Year competition... more
Rachel Parris has become the fourth recipient of the annual Bath Plug Award, presented by Bath Comedy Festival each year for significant achievement or contribution to British and World comedy. ... more
Bec Hill (pictured), Rob Deering and Phil Wang have been announced as the comedy headliners at this year's Green Man Festival. Multi award-winning Pat Cahill also returns to Green Man.... more
Ricky Gervais’ 120-date worldwide Humanity tour has raised $420,000 for animal & cancer charities worldwide because of profits made on the Platinum Ticket sales.In an effort to take action... more
The first edition of the new series of Have I Got News For You has been recorded. Jeremy Paxman was the guest presenter for the first time. Reporter Steph McGovern joined Ian Hislop... more
Fane Production presents a strictly limited run of Kathleen Turner's refreshingly honest and appropriately titled one woman show, Finding My Voice.Lending her trademark husky alto to classic tunes... more
