Meet the first heat winner of the Chortle Student Comedy Award 2024
Jade Kelly triumphs in Edinburgh
21/02/2024 … Jade Kelly won the first heat of this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Awards at the Monkey Barrel in Edinburgh last night.
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Wed 21 February 2024
Female Pilot Club announces its 2024 winners
Comedy scripts will now be read by pros at a public event
21/02/2024 … Two new comedy scripts are to be read by professional performers after winning this year’s Female Pilot Club Script Call Student Debt by Luna Al-kaisy…
Kevin Daniel crowned Silver Stand-Up winner
Comic takes title at Leicester Comedy Festival
21/02/2024 … Kevin Daniel was last night crowned winner of this year’s Silver Stand-Up competition at the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Leigh Francis writes his memoirs
A look at the man behind the Keith Lemon character
21/02/2024 … Keith Lemon creator Leigh Francis has written his memoirs.
Frankie Boyle writes A Short History Of The Apocalypse
'One of the most misguided Christmas book launches of all time’
21/02/2024 … Frankie Boyle has written a book about a dystopian future, entitled A Short History of the Apocalypse.
© BBC The Office's Ewen MacIntosh dies at 50
'Big Keith' comic praised as 'an absolute original'
21/02/2024 … Ewen MacIntosh, best known for playing Big Keith in The Office, has died aged 50.
Rebel Wilson announces UK dates
To promote her new autobiography
21/02/2024 … Rebel Wilson is coming to the UK for a short tour to promote her memoirs.
Tue 20 February 2024
Meet the latest additions to the 2024 Chortle Comedy Book Festival
Arthur Smith, Harriet Kemsley, Matthew Crosby and Brenda Gilhooly
20/02/2024 … Arthur Smith, Harriet Kemsley, Matthew Crosby and Brenda Gilhooly have joined the line-up of this year’s Chortle Comedy Book Festival.