Mark Flynn wins Bath's new act competition
15/04/2023 … Mark Flynn has won this year’s new act competition at the Bath Comedy Festival.
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Sat 15 April 2023
Fri 14 April 2023
Gareth Richards crowdfunder tops £18k
Generous response to help comedians' sons after his death
14/04/2023 … A crowdfunding campaign to help the sons of comedian Gareth Richards, who died last week after a motorway crash, has raised more than £18,000.
Minnie Driver cast in America's female-led Peep Show remake
Starring alongside Amandla Jahava
14/04/2023 … Minnie Driver is to star in the American female-led remake of Peep Show.
Thu 13 April 2023
WiFi Wars announces its biggest tour yet
30 dates for comedy gaming show
13/04/2023 … Comedy videogaming show WiFi Wars has announced a 2023 tour, its biggest yet.
£1,000 grant for funny female filmmakers
New bursary in memory of Phoebe Frances Brown
13/04/2023 … A new £1,000 grant has been created to help an up-and-coming female filmmaker turn a comedy idea into reality.
Best In Class gives away its Edinburgh Comedy Award prize money
£5,000 to be redistributed to working-class comedians
13/04/2023 … Best In Class, the movement set up to help working-class comedians, is giving away its Edinburgh Comedy Award prize money.
© Lesley Martin La Clique heads to Manchester
Burlesque cabaret's first Northern residency
13/04/2023 … Burlesque cabaret institution La Clique is heading to Manchester for its very first residency in the North of England.
© Alex Lake Romesh Ranganathan to close Latitude
With a Hip Hop Saved My Life DJ party
13/04/2023 … Romesh Ranganathan is to close the Latitude festival with one of his rare Hip Hop Saved My Life parties.