comedy
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.
Louise Atkinson has won Leicester Comedy Festival’s Comedian of the Year 2025 award.
Louise, originally from Hull, performs regularly at the UK's top comedy clubs and has supported acts such as Sarah Keyworth and Esther Manito on tour. Louise's debut show, Mates, was a success at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Channel 4’s 4Skills, Channel 4 Comedy and Northern Ireland Screen are joining forces to fund half-hour comedy scripts, offering a major opportunity for both emerging and established talent to develop bold, distinctive comedy projects.
This year's Komedia New Comedy Award final got off to a great start. I was one of the judges and when I arrived our table was groaning with chicken pieces, halloumi fries, chips. Definitely how to win over a journalist's heart – if you don't stop it beating first. After this though things did go slightly downhill until victory was snatched from the jaws of defeat by some of the stronger, later acts.
The final has taken place of this year's Komedia New Comedy Award in association with Comic Boom comedy club and Arts Journalist Victoria Nangle,
Nine new acts competed for the trophy in the show that took place at Komedia in Brighton.
The winner is Sydney May. Runners up: (in alphabetical order) are Aiden Lonergan and Wes Defoe.
Sydney May receives a bespoke award, a spot at Comic Boom comedy club at Komedia, and a bottle of fizz.
The Live Comedy Association (LCA), in partnership with the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) and British Comedy Guide (BCG), has released the findings of the UK Live Comedy Sector Survey - the most comprehensive survey of the live comedy industry of its kind.
Applications open next week to join the third cohort of the BBC Comedy Collective. The collective is a commitment to support and accelerate the next generation of comedy talent, with previous bursary winners and BBC Comedy Collective delegates going on to make BAFTA-winning TV series, land multiple script commissions, secure agents, write and produce radio shows, and gain directing credits.
36 pages, 36 laughs - new magazine CHAFF aims to take funny things and put them in print - no nonsense, no self promotion - alright: some nonsense. Co-Created by comedian Will BF and Comedy Producer Amber Ash (Best Before Productions/Sketchy Comedy), with its first edition funded by Croydon Council, CHAFF is an ode to making something just because it makes you laugh.
The West End Comedy Club has shut down after holding its final show on Thursday, 19 December, 2024. Its venue, the Covent Garden Social Club, has closed due to the landlord's plans to redevelop the site.
Based at the venue next to Leicester Square, The West End Comedy Club was founded as Covid restrictions lifted in August 2021 as a mid-sized, mid-week comedy club hosting a mix of mixed-bill pro shows, Edinburgh Fringe previews, and alternative and themed nights 4-5 times a week.
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