comedy
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.
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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.
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.
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