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Comedy Bloomers’ LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2025 Grand Final hits the Clapham Grand on 10 June, judged by James Barr, Tia Kofi, Zoe Lyons (pictured), and Jessica Fostekew
Schooled, written and created by Delia-René-Donaldson has been greenlit for a six-part series by Channel 4. The series was commissioned as part of Channel 4 and GroupM Motion Entertainment’s Diverse Indies Fund, a ring-fenced fund set up to support small and medium sized ethnically diverse-led production companies to produce new projects.
A new comedy clun is launching in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Nightclub Digital on Times Square, is bringing top names from the comedy circuit to the Toon. Best known as a nightclub, Digital have been programming a programme of events, gigs and shows to adapt to changing times and give people nights out to remember.
The first show features Nabil Abdulrashid, Esther Manito, Dean Coughlin and Si Beckwith.
Adam Door has won West End New Act of the Year 2025. Adam beat 16 other acts in the final at the Albany on Tuesday 6th May.
Madeleine Brettingham and Jim Hooker bagged the runner up spots and while both Imran Hafeez and Sophie Sconcia tied for the Audience Vote award.
Resident host Steve McLean said 'We've not had a tie for any podium place in the final before.
Do you want to go to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for free?
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Join the judging panel for Edinburgh Comedy Awards, Britain’s most important prize for comedy as it celebrates 45 years of discovering comedy genius. You will be part of the panel voting for the Best Comedy Show and the Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025.
The finalists of the 2025 West End New Act of the Year comedy competition have been announced .
Over 300 acts entered the competition with around 120 being offered a place.
The final has taken place of this year's wegottickets Musical Comedy Awards. The final took place at the Bloomsbury Theatre with Nick Horseman compering. There was also a set from Best Newcomer Roops! and a headline set from Jazz Emu.
And the results on an extremely close-fought night featuring 12 acts are as follows.
In joint third place – Sarah Gaul and Paras Patel
In second place – Jack McMinn
And in first place and also winners of Audience Favourites – Shots at the Dragon.
The St Albans Comedy Garden returns to Verulamium Park from 24th to 27th July, with another unrivaled showcase of stand-up talent live in the Big Top.
Comedy names include the inimitable FRANKIE BOYLE, Off Menu’s ED GAMBLE, Multi award-winning SARA PASCOE, Netflix sensation PHIL WANG, High octane RUSSELL KANE, Taskmaster icons FERN BRADY, JOHN ROBINS, and BAFTA nominated LUCY BEAUMONT to name just a few of this year’s headline acts.
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.
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