Meet the 2024 BBC New Comedy Award heat winners
Final to be hosted by Lucy Beaumont
31/10/2024 … The winners of all the heats of this year’s BBC New Comedy Awards have been revealed.
2024 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 31 October 2024
Wed 30 October 2024
Cally Beaton writes her first book
'Part memoir, part stereotype-defying manifesto,’
30/10/2024 … Cally Beaton has written her first book, about her ‘mid-life reinvention’ from TV executive to stand-up comedian.
Tootsie and Young Frankenstein star Teri Garr dies at 79
Watch some of her career highlights
30/10/2024 … Comedy actress Teri Garr – whose credits include Young Frankenstein and Tootsie – has died at the age of 79.
Leicester Comedy Festival announces its 2025 programme
Biggest event yet, with 720 shows
30/10/2024 … The Leicester Comedy Festival has announced its 2025 programme, which will be its biggest yet.
'We're determined live comedy should have a seat at the table'
Industry body to set out its next moves
30/10/2024 … The UK Live Comedy Association is hosting two Zoom meetings to update members on the work it’s doing.
Tue 29 October 2024
Beat The Frog World Series 2024 finalists announced
Manchester's new act challenge comes to a climax on Monday
29/10/2024 … The finalists have been announced for this year’s Beat the Frog World Series new act competition, held at the Frog and Bucket in Manchester.
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay Revealed: How the comedy scene is growing
Massive rise in the number of female comics especially
29/10/2024 … The number of big comedy events has risen by more than a third in the last decade.
North West comedy audiences heckle the most
...and Southerners the least, according to a new survey
29/10/2024 … Almost one in seven comedy-goers in the North West say they have heckled a comedian – and one in nine admit they have ‘crashed’ the stage…