The Live Comedy Association (LCA) has today announced further funding to comedians and promoters affected by the non-payment of ticket money from Big Difference Company, the charity behind the annual Leicester Comedy Festival. £6,000, raised from donations to a crowdfunder campaign, has been awarded to 14 individuals and organisations. These awards are in addition to the 19 awards made previously this year. Details about the Live Comedy Association can be found by visiting
Bill’s Included is a new comedy which follows Bill Beam (Rob Brydon), a well-meaning but over enthusiastic divorcee who rents his spare rooms to four students to stay financially afloat. As Bill tries - and often fails to be both responsible landlord and honorary housemate, he and his mismatched lodgers muddle through chaos, growing pains and unexpected friendships. Can they overcome their differences, embrace their found family, and help each other muddle along?
With his 2027 tour already sold out months in advance, including London’s Hackney Empire, multi-award-winning hip-hop comedian and social media sensation – with over half a billion views online – MC Hammersmith (real name Will Naameh) will now add 42 extra dates and 40,000 tickets to his UK and Ireland Ice Ice Nepo Baby tour.
John-Luke Roberts has been named Best Podcast Host at the Lovie Awards for his work on Sound Heap With John-Luke Roberts.
Sound Heap With John-Luke Roberts is the "podcast of too many podcasts"; a sketch show made up of comedians improvising terrible podcasts such as Diary of a Tiny CEO,
Disgraced comedian Russell Brand has been sentenced to a total of 10 years and six months for rape and sexual assault. This is made up of nine years for one count of rape and the rest for three counts of sexual assault. The sexual assault sentences will run concurrently.
This Week's guests on House of Games hosted by Michael Sheen are Dame Laura Kenny, Minah Shannon, Ricky Wilson and Seann Walsh.
New comedy consultancy REPPD has appointed Kate Stone, former Head of Comedy at VAULT Festival and comedy programmer at Hampshire Cultural Trust, as its first Talent Consultant. Kate will offer unrepresented comedians and comedy writers one-to-one career support, script analysis and industry advice, working alongside REPPD Founder, Kate Lennon.
Outspoken comedian Margaret Cho has spoken about her history of abortions, her love life and her politics on the podcast Dinky, co-hosted by Erika Abdelatif.
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.
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