The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the winners of the 2019 Allen Wright Award and Fringe Young Writers Award. The Allen Wright Award recognises the best Fringe feature writer... more
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The winners of this year's Edinburgh comedy Award sponsored by Dave have been announced at a ceremony at the dovecote Studios in Edinburgh.And the winner of Best Newcomer 2019 is Catherine Cohen.The... more
The results of the Malcolm Hardee Awards 2019 have been announced at a ceremony at the Edinburgh Fringe.The awards - handed out in the memory of comic, agent, manager, club-owner and prankster... more
Lady Parts, from writer/director Nida Manzoor (Hounslow Diaries, Enterprice) is a six-part anarchic music comedy following a Muslim female punk band, also called Lady Parts, that first took... more
Based on the award-winning stage play, My Left Nut is a coming of age comedy drama about friendship, family, grief and testicles written by Irish newcomers Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney in their... more
Award-winning actor Hugh Laurie (House, The Night Manager) will play a Conservative minister in a major new political thriller for BBC One written by David Hare (Collateral) and produced by The Forge... more
Transworld Publishers has announced the acquisition of Son of a Silverback, the debut non-fiction title from stand-up comedian Russell Kane. In this searingly honest book, Russell tells his... more
Finlay Christie has won 2019’s So You Think You’re Funny? competition, the UK’s original comedy talent search celebrating its 32nd year. Following heats across the country,... more
Daniel Sloss has announced that his next comedy special, “Daniel Sloss: X,” will premiere on HBO this autumn. Sloss broke the news on Twitter, writing: "I'm delighted to announce that my... more
Organisers of the annual Leicester Comedy Festival have launched a crowd funding campaign to raise £3,000 to continue their support of new and emerging comedians.The festival, which is produced by... more
