comedy
The West End Comedy Club has launched a bursary aimed at supporting working class comedians attending this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Recognising the obstacles faced by individuals from working class backgrounds, the bursary seeks to provide financial help and a platform for these talented performers to showcase their skills.
Entries are now invited for the 2023 BBC New Comedy Awards which are returning this Autumn to BBC Three, BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
BBC Comedy is undertaking a second Regional Partnership Scheme in partnership with Creative Wales and have selected Expectation as the established comedy supplier who will work with an emerging indie based in Wales to co-develop a slate of original comedy projects. The intention is to strengthen and enhance local talent and project development in the region, putting more Welsh talent in front of and behind projects on BBC Comedy’s slate.
BBC Director of Comedy Jon Petrie has announced the 10 recipients of a supercharged bursary scheme – the BBC Comedy Collective – for up-and-coming writers, producers and directors to develop their careers further in scripted comedy.
The BBC Comedy Collective is a commitment to nurture the next generation of comedy talent. Previous BBC comedy bursary winners have gone on to make BAFTA award-winning TV series, secure script commissions, get agents and produce radio shows.
The 2023 edition of End of The Road has announced its programme of comedy and literature.
Headlining the comedy programme will be Lou Sanders, undoubtedly one of Britain's most original stand-ups, and Taskmaster champion. Lou's own brand of no-filter comedy is all about sharing, or rather oversharing the details of her daft but joyful outlook on life.
Standon Calling, the ultimate exploration of music and arts for all ages, returns for the 17th year this July with a diverse and star studded line up. Whilst the main stage is headlined by Years & Years, Self Esteem, Bloc Party and The Human League, the Comedy programme at London’s closest camping festival boasts the likes of Mark Watson, Rhys James, Reginald D. Hunter and more.
May sees the launch of London’s first ever LGBTQ+ Stand-up Comedy Festival, conceived by Comedy Bloomers, home of the LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year competition. The festival, which runs from May 17th to June 11th, features both established and up-and-coming talent at a selection of venues throughout the city.
London has spawned numerous enduring comedy clubs since the emergence of alternative comedy at the Comedy Store in 1979. Among them The Bearcat in Twickenham, The Bedford in Balham and my old local East Dulwich Comedy, which is sadly no longer with us. But Downstairs at the King's Head claims to be the longest-running in the same venue, having started in the basement of the Crouch End pub in 1981.
Following on from the inaugural BBC Comedy Festival in Newcastle in May 2022, Cardiff has been named the new BBC City of Comedy and will be playing host to the Comedy Festival from Wednesday 24th – Friday 26th May.
The BBC Comedy Festival is an opportunity to gather the component parts of the comedy industry together and remind the outside world that British comedy is one of our greatest cultural triumphs.
The UK’s first permanent LGBTQ+ comedy club opens its doors in Archway, London, this May.
The Queer Comedy Club will give queer audiences and their friends the chance to enjoy stand-up comedy, knowing they’ll be hearing relevant, relatable and most importantly of all, rib-ticklingly funny comedy that reflects their own lives. It will also be a safe and supportive space where queer comics can cut their comedy teeth.
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