comedy
The BBC Comedy Festival is back in May 2025 and the host city will be Belfast. The festival is a chance for producers, both established and new, and those taking their first steps in the TV industry, to come and reflect, celebrate, and explore comedy in the UK. It will kick start a year of development and production opportunities in the region.
The final of this year's BBC New Comedy Awards has been broadcast on BBC One.
The compere/host was Lucy Beaumont and the judges were Josh Pugh, Shaparak Khorsandi and Babatunde Aleshe.
Over a thousand applied, more than 100 went head-to-head at showcases across the country, 30 battled it out in the regional heats, leaving just six finalists.
Returning for 2024 in aid of Royal Trinity Hospice and St George’s Hospital Charity, Jo Caulfield and Stephen K Amos will present and host this annual benefit in memory of their sisters Annie Caulfield and Stella Keep. The show takes place at the Comedy Store, London, on 2 December.
This week's guests on Richard Osman's House of Games are Tessa Sanderson, Jay Rayner, Iwan Thomas and Irish comedian Deirdre O'Kane, who has just announced a UK tour. Details here.
O'Kane is a big star in Ireland who has cropped up in countless comedy shows over the years including the terrific Moone Boy starring Chris O'Dowd.
The search is almost over to find the winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Awards 2024. From over 1,000 entries, 30 fresh new comedians from across the UK were whittled down to just six by a judging panel, led by Head Judge Babatunde Aléshé, to compete in the grand final at the iconic Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham.
A stellar comedy line-up has been put together to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The show takes place in London on December 3. Host for the night is John Mann and the benefit gig is brought to you by the City of London Friends of CRUK (www.crukcity.org.uk).
The UK Live Comedy Association (LCA) is hosting a series of membership meetings to update members on work that has taken place throughout 2024 and that planned for the future. The meetings, which will take place online and in person, will include detail from the UK live comedy survey which demonstrated the sector contributes over £1billion to the economy.
Next Friday sees the return of the Nottingham Comedy Festival. Taking place between Friday 1st to Sunday 10th November this is the 16th annual Comedy Festival brings together a wide selection of fantastic acts.
10 days of comedy across 18 venues. Over 130 comedians are bringing their shows to give us all some light hearted fun. From stand-up, improvisation, sketch shows, alternative comedy to musical comedy and podcasts.
Acts include:
Asian American comedian Atsuko Okatsuka has announced the UK leg of her global comedy tour with three dates this February at the O2 Academy Glasgow on 20th, the Manchester Academy on 21st and London’s Eventim Apollo on 22nd. This follows the huge success of her HBO special ‘The Intruder’, directed by Tig Notaro, which will be available to watch on Sky UK starting in December. ‘The Full Grown’ is her first comedy tour and has already performed to sold out theatres in 56 cities in 12 countries so far.
Sylvain Parent-Bédard, President and Founder of ComediHa! and the new owner of Just For Laughs (acquired in June 2024) has announced that ComediHa! Fest-Québec will now operate under the Just For Laughs Festival - Quebec brand. This marks a new era for the comedy event in the city, where the head office of the Quebec entrepreneur’s new group is based.
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