The line-up has been confirmed for the New Act Of The Year 2019, which takes place on February 2.
This year's competition returns to the Hackney Empire, its spiritual home where the competition started out in the 1980s.
Previous finalists are pictured in the image here - they include Russell Brand, Catherine Tate and Stewart Lee. Daniel Kitson is also a past finalist.
The word is that new C4 comedy Pure is going to make a star out of Charly Clive. She talks about the new series here.
Explain a bit about the show, what’s the story?
Comedian Mark Watson has announced his latest project - a series about marathons to tie in with the London marathon and a marathon gig.
Update: Oscar nominee Richard E Grant has been added to the March 18 line-up. There are still some tickets available here, but not many so be fast.
Comedian Richard Herring has announced most of the guests for his next run of podcast interviews at the Leicester Square Theatre and around the country.
The will be the fifteenth series for the award-winning podcast.
Daniel Sloss is to perform his acclaimed show X at the London Palladium. Tickets for the new show on Friday, May 10 go on sale Friday 18th January at the link below.
This comes as a result of the phenomenal demand for tickets across the UK which has seen the 28 year old sell out all of his tour shows to date, including the original run at London’s Soho Theatre, two additional shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and another two shows at the 02 Forum Kentish Town.
Steve Coogan has received a BAFTA Best Actor nomination for his portrayal of Stan Laurel in the Laurel and Hardy biopic Stan & Ollie. Olivia Colman has received a nomination in the Best Actress* category for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The Favourite.
Hot on the heels of her acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a Soho Theatre run that completely sold out before it had begun, Lou Sanders embarks on her debut nationwide tour of the comedy hit, and most confessional solo hour yet, Shame Pig from 16th February – 4th June including a second run at Soho Theatre from 25th – 28th February. Tickets can be found at lousanders.co.uk.
Following sell-out houses for outings in 2017 and 2018, triple-headline tour Lefty Scum – Josie Long, Jonny & The Baptists & Grace Petrie – has announced new dates for 2019.
Political comedian Matt Forde has added four additional London performances of his critically acclaimed and continually evolving stand-up show, Brexit Through The Gift Shop. Following two performances at The Southbank Centre which kick started his 25 date nationwide tour in December 2018, Forde returns to this venue on the 7th and 12th March and will play The Other Palace on the 28th January and the 19th March.
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