Komedia New Comedy Award 2025
Review of the final in Brighton
12/02/2025 … The number of talented new acts banging on the door of the comedy circuit never ceases to be impressive.
Wed 12 February 2025
Iain Stirling: I'll do this gig topless if I sell half the tickets...
Comic's rash promise about his Oxford date
12/02/2025 … Comedian Iain Stirling has joked that he will plat a tour date topless if he sells more than half the seats.
60,000 complain over Josh Howie's 'homophobic slur'
But comic insists GB News comment was a joke about paedophilia in churches
12/02/2025 … Comedian Josh Howie has attracted tens of thousands of complaints after making a joke on GB News that appeared to suggest the LGBT community included paedophiles.
Enter the 2025 Chortle Student Comedy Award
12/02/2025 … Entries have opened today for the 2025 Chortle Student Comedy Award.
The moment Peter Kay throws out hecklers
Drama at Manchester's AO Arena
12/02/2025 … This video – shot by a member of Peter Kay's audience at Manchester’s AO Arena – has been removed at the request of the comedian's…
© BBC Steve Coogan to star in The Good Life
An eco-drama, not a remake of the 1970s sitcom...
12/02/2025 … Steve Coogan is working on a film about greenwashing.
© Netflix Dave Chappelle honoured for being a 'voice of social consciousness'
Comic to receive award from NAACP civil rights group
12/02/2025 … It might come as news to the trans people upset by Dave Chappelle’s material about them – but the comedian is set to win a major award for being…
Sydney May takes Komedia's new act crown
Wes Defoe and Aiden Lonergan are runners-up
12/02/2025 … Sydney May was crowned winner of Komedia’s New Comedy Award in Brighton last night.