The Stand has announced its first Edinburgh Fringe 2024 shows. Tickets for all shows below are on sale now here. Jo Caulfield – Pearls Before Swine (pictured, bottom)Older. Wiser. Smarter.... more
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Comedy streaming service NextUp has added two more venues, both in Brighton - The Forge and The Secret Comedy Club at Artista - to their list of regular venues, bringing the total to ten. The Forge... more
BBC Studios has appointed two new staff writers, Christina Riggs and Peter Tellouche, to work across comedy productions for BBC Studios Audio, it announced today.... more
The Comedy Store Players will be joined by a new core member for the first time in almost thirty years. Ruth Bratt will join the team from Sunday, 3rd March for their weekly show at London’s iconic... more
he BBC has commissioned Dear England, a new drama series about Gareth Southgate and the England men’s football team, based on James Graham’s (Sherwood, The Way, Quiz) smash hit National Theatre play... more
Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer, creators of the global smash hit The Play that Goes Wrong and the BBC’s The Goes Wrong Show, will star in Mischief’s riotous new comedy Mind Mangler: Member of the... more
Comedian and former teacher Geoff Norcott was the first in his family to attend University. However, with everything he’s been hearing about the sector lately, he’s no longer sure a degree would be... more
Finalists of the Female Pilot Club 2024 Script Call, "Student Debt" by Luna Al-kaisy and "Neurotic Queers" by Sarah Campbell have been chosen from 160 comedy scripts submitted by female writers. They... more
The Silver Stand-Up competition returned to the Leicester Comedy Festival on Tuesday 20th February 2024, where Kevin Daniel, was crowned winner!The Silver Stand-Up competition is... more
Ewen MacIntosh, best known for his role as Keith in The Office, has died. His management JustRight announced the news: "With great sadness we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved comedy... more