comedy
The annual Sketch Off competition final took place on Sunday night at the Leiecester Square Theatre. Following a series of heats 12 acts took part in the show, compered by Sam Nicoresti.
And the results are as follows.
In first place was Sam Eley as Basil Crumbwick.
In second place was Luke Nixon as Jim Midge.
In third place was Nikola McMurtrie.
The other finaists were:
Behemoth (Mo Gascoigne, Heidi Parsons and Tim Carlier)
Big Boys (Christiaan Hendriksen & Ollie West)
Julie-Yara Atz is one of the comedians at the next Arabs Are Not Funny! comedy night at the Royal Albert Hall Elgar Room on Friday, April 24.
You might have thought that Arabs couldn’t get any funnier. Think again. Regarded as one of the hottest comedy nights among the Arab community and beyond, Arabs Are Not Funny! sees comedians with roots in the Arab world showcasing their talents and attempting to prove the naysayers wrong.
The state of live comedy will be the focus of the opening session of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s work aimed at spotlighting previously unheard issues and challenges.
US comedian Gianmarco Soresi has announced the UK leg of his ‘Drama King’ tour this Spring, the dates include two nights at London’s Leicester Square Theatre on 5th & 6th June. Gianmarco effortlessly commands a room with his animated style, blending upbeat candor with dark comedic beats. He has over 1 million subscribers on YouTube, nearly 1 million followers on Tik Tok and over half a million on Instagram.
Alexander Bennett is releasing his last but one stand-up show online. I Can't Stand The Man, Myself will be available on YouTube from 15th March at 2pm.
Do you hate yourself? Multi-award nominee (Chortle, Leicester Comedy Festival) Alexander Bennett (Born Yesterday, Mark Watson’s Comedy Marathon) does. It’s both incredibly destructive and – fortunately for you – entertaining.
Louise Atkinson has won Leicester Comedy Festival’s Comedian of the Year 2025 award.
Louise, originally from Hull, performs regularly at the UK's top comedy clubs and has supported acts such as Sarah Keyworth and Esther Manito on tour. Louise's debut show, Mates, was a success at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Channel 4’s 4Skills, Channel 4 Comedy and Northern Ireland Screen are joining forces to fund half-hour comedy scripts, offering a major opportunity for both emerging and established talent to develop bold, distinctive comedy projects.
This year's Komedia New Comedy Award final got off to a great start. I was one of the judges and when I arrived our table was groaning with chicken pieces, halloumi fries, chips. Definitely how to win over a journalist's heart – if you don't stop it beating first. After this though things did go slightly downhill until victory was snatched from the jaws of defeat by some of the stronger, later acts.
The final has taken place of this year's Komedia New Comedy Award in association with Comic Boom comedy club and Arts Journalist Victoria Nangle,
Nine new acts competed for the trophy in the show that took place at Komedia in Brighton.
The winner is Sydney May. Runners up: (in alphabetical order) are Aiden Lonergan and Wes Defoe.
Sydney May receives a bespoke award, a spot at Comic Boom comedy club at Komedia, and a bottle of fizz.
The Live Comedy Association (LCA), in partnership with the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) and British Comedy Guide (BCG), has released the findings of the UK Live Comedy Sector Survey - the most comprehensive survey of the live comedy industry of its kind.
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