Applications open next week to join the third cohort of the BBC Comedy Collective. The collective is a commitment to support and accelerate the next generation of comedy talent, with previous bursary... more
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36 pages, 36 laughs - new magazine CHAFF aims to take funny things and put them in print - no nonsense, no self promotion - alright: some nonsense. Co-Created by comedian Will BF and Comedy Producer... more
Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s leading live entertainment company, has announced the launch of Comedy Nation Management, a talent management firm dedicated to nurturing and elevating comedic... more
Comedian Sarah Roberts (as seen on the BBC New Comedy Awards) is taking her debut hour, ‘Silkworm’, out on tour in the spring, including dates in Manchester, Edinburgh, Brighton and London.... more
Three comedy or comedy-adjacent acts appearing in this week's run of Richard Osman's House of Games up against Helen Skelton. Ben Bailey Smith is best known these days as a serious actor,... more
Comic’s Comic - Best Act – Nina Gilligan“I was thinking about retirement and then I got the news about this. It has got to be the most meaningful of all awards to comedians. This will cheer me... more
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale is the UK’s most-watched scripted show across all broadcasters and streamers since current records began in 2002, with ratings already at 19.3 million according to the... more
The West End Comedy Club has shut down after holding its final show on Thursday, 19 December, 2024. Its venue, the Covent Garden Social Club, has closed due to the landlord's plans to redevelop the... more
A Kickstarter campaign has been set up to raise money for a London production of a show that was a hit in Edinburgh. The Grim is set to open at the Old Red Lion Theatre later this month, details... more
It could just be the algorithms talking, of course, but the following stories are the ones from 2024 that attracted the most page impressions...World Premiere of Taskmaster 19 to take place in New... more
