What kep them? It has taken until season two of this feelgood golf comedy-drama to come up with the storyline that I was sure was going to be part of season one. I guess they had to hold something back...
Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentleman, Inside No.9) and Jessica Hynes (Spaced, W1A) in the final performances of the groundbreaking experimental play White Rabbit Red Rabbit by acclaimed Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour.
Angela Bra was announced as the winner of the Takeover Radio 106.9/NCF Joke of the Festival with a presentation at the city’s Lord Roberts venue.
Her joke: “yesterday, a pupil in my class cheated at his homework by changing a subtraction symbol into an addition.
The Live Comedy Association (LCA) has announced that Live Comedy Day will return in 2027, following the successful launch in 2026. Billed as “the UK’s day of celebrating live comedy”, Live Comedy Day 2027 is being produced by the LCA in partnership with BBC Radio 4 and with funding from Arts Council England. The project will take place across the UK on Thursday 1st April 2027 and the LCA is hosting some in person events later this year for people who want to take part to find out more. The first event is ta
First look images have been released for the third series of much-loved Welsh comedy Mammoth with Elizabeth Berrington (Tip Toe, Good Omens), Freddie Meredith (Saturday Night Live UK, Such Brave Girls, Youth) and Mark Benton (Smoggie Queens, Patience) joining as guest artists.
Episodes 1 & 1 of the heats for the BBC New Comedy Awards will air on 31st October at 22:30pm on BBC Three and will also be on BBC iPlayer.
Below are interviews with this year's head judge Amy Gledhill and judges Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Dan Tiernan.
Amy Gledhill
1. You’ve gone from performing with The Delightful Sausage to winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show. What were the moments that made you realise comedy could become a career?
Monday 2nd November’s grand final sees the culmination of the year-long search for new comedy talent at the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club in Manchester. Previously known as the World Series, it’s now simply the Beat the Frog - Grand Final but the remit is the same.
Gary Joel is the West End New (old) Act of the Year for 2026.
Elf Lyons' show Elf Lyons is The Woman on the Edge has been rated as the best reviewed show of this year's Edinburgh Fringe. It had more reviews than any other show (37), and was the best-reviewed show with an average of 4.63 stars out of five.
The Tony® and Olivier® Award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat is officially heading to Australia as the next leg of its World Tour, set to premiere at Comedy Theatre in Melbourne in September 2027, with further cities to be announced.
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