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First UK Tour For Stevie Martin
Following a critically acclaimed and sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024, award-winning comedian Stevie Martin (Taskmaster, The Horne Section TV Show, 8 out of 10 Cats Does... more
BBC Studios’ Funny Parts To Be Main Sponsor Of Funny Women Awards 2025
BBC Studios’ digital comedy channel Funny Parts will be the main sponsor at this year’s Funny Women Awards, celebrating the best in women's comedy across the UK. The partnership will bring together... more
Katherine Parkinson To Host Have I Got News For You
Katherine Parkinson is to guest host Have I Got News For You for the first time.  She will host episode 3 on Friday 18th April, available to watch on BBC One and BBC... more
Jimmy Carr says the main difference between him and Peter Kay is that when he ejects people from his shows, ‘they get kicked out for a reason’
Comedian Jimmy Carr has explained his position on dealing with noisy audiences: ‘they get kicked out for a reason.’ Jimmy was pointing out the difference between hecklers shouting out ‘random,... more
Following another hugely successful Fringe programme last year, which included both the Edinburgh Comedy Awards ‘Best Show’ and ‘Best Newcomer’ winners, Monkey Barrel Comedy presents a selection of... more
Gilded Balloon Announces More Edinburgh Fringe Shows
Gilded Balloon has unveiled over 85 more shows for 2025’s Fringe programme, with huge names including Mhairi Black, Jack Docherty, Michelle Brasier, Kim Blythe, Christopher Hall,... more
Regional Theatre Shows For Bill Bailey
Direct from London’s prestigious West End, the “blissfully funny” (The Times) BILL BAILEY brings his hit show Thoughtifier to select venues for TEN DAYS ONLY.  This... more
Comedian Launches New Children’s Book Series
Comedian and YA and children’s Author Catie Wilkins has launched a new series of funny books under her full first name Catherine Wilkins.‘Café Chaos: My Family is Not A Piece of Cake’ is the story of... more
129 shows join the Pleasance's Edinburgh Fringe, from Adam Riches, John Kearns To Ivo Graham
Additional shows have been announced to join the Pleasance Theatre Trust’s Edinburgh Fringe line-up. With 129 new additions across the comedy and theatre programmes, spanning the 25 performance... more
Record Year For Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) welcomed over 61,000 comedy fans to 605 shows this year, marking its biggest ever event, as the Festival once again transformed Glasgow into ‘the funniest... more
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