The BBC has reported that comedians who performed at this year's Leicester Comedy Festival in February have still not been paid.
According to their story the delay is due to cashflow problems that the organisers of the oldest comedy festival in the UK, dating from 1994, are trying to resolve.
Following the first leg of his King Of Crumbs earlier this year, Alasdair Beckett-King extends his acclaimed tour into Autumn 2026.
Alasdair is the crumbliest comedian in the game: he is a multi-award-winning stand-up comic, author, (occasionally) an internet sensation and star of Mock The Week and 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
Cracked, the US comedy magazinem, now runs a comedy club on YouTube, filming in New York and Los Angeles and spotlighting comedians in the USA. British comedian Stuart Laws has made his debut on the Cracked Comedy Club with a stand up set he taped at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival this year.
In the ten minute set Stuart tackles cheating, lying, friendships and how he gets into swimming pools before an audience member jumps in to interrupt his extremely vulnerable reveal that he’s colour blind.
Award-winning comedian Alfie Brown is back with a brand new show. Lauded and award-winning, latterly disgraced, his distinctive, provocative voice has been a stalwart on the circuit for 20 years, since he entered the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year competition in January 2006. This new show will open at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Underbelly, Belly Laugh)
BBC Director of Comedy Jon Petrie has announced 10 new and returning shows at the BBC Comedy Festival in Liverpool.
Celebrating a breadth of talent from across the UK, both new and established, on camera and behind the scenes, Jon unveiled six fan favourites which are all returning for a third time.
At the festival, now in its fifth year, Jon also announced two brand new series, Hopley Hall (w/t), starring Jamie-Lee O’Donnell and Opening Up, which stars Amy Gledhill.
If it was possible to know when our childhoods’ ended, would you want to know? Li Jin Hao* is pretty sure he can pinpoint the moment his was over and he wants to tell you about it.
Falling From A Moon is Jin Hao’s new show, coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and then touring the UK.
Comedy creatives can join a free 90-min online session with Arts Council England later this month, giving them a chance to find out what Arts Council assessors look for when distributing grants and advice for grant applications.
On 9 May, BAFTA and Emmy award-winning star of stage and screen Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso, Ride or Die) will be guest host of Saturday Night Live UK and will be joined by singer-songwriter and BRIT award winner Myles Smith.
On 16 May, Rwandan-Scottish, BAFTA award-winning actor Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Sex Education, Barbie) will be joined by indie-pop singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone.
Following his total sell-out tour with over fifty dates across Ireland & UK in 2024/2025, quickfire stand-up Andrew Ryan is back with a brand new tour show Honest Capacity.
This hugely popular and hilarious Irishman returns in good faith and in an honest capacity with his biggest show to date.
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