comedy
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.
Comedy Central UK has announced it has recommissioned the live stand-up series Comedy Central Live. This new series is a co-production between Comedy Central UK’s Linear and Digital Channels and Off The Kerb Productions.
Live Nation, the world’s leading live entertainment company, has announced an exclusive franchise agreement with The Comedy Store UK, paving the way for the creation of purpose-built comedy venues across the United Kingdom.
Claudia Trentino has won 2024's West End New (old) Act of the Year Comedy Competition. The final took place at the Carpenter's Arms near Goodge Street on Monday 25th of November.
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.
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