Sanjeev Kohli to judge David Nobbs new writing award
With Chris Addison and TV producer Lucy Lumsden
02/05/2023 … Sanjeev Kohli has joined the judging panel for the David Nobbs Memorial Trust's sixth new comedy writing competition.
2023 Other news
Tue 02 May 2023
Fri 28 April 2023
Music festivals announce their 2023 comedy line-ups
The End Of The Road, Standon Calling and 2000Trees
28/04/2023 … A number of music festivals have announced their comedy line-ups in the past 24 hours.
© Channel 4 / Sam Taylor Tom Bennett and Sam Swainsbury join Hullraisers
28/04/2023 … Tom Bennett and Sam Swainsbury have joined the cast of Channel 4 comedy Hullraisers.
Thu 27 April 2023
Luke Kempner launches podcast
With his wife and her identical twin
27/04/2023 … Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner has launched a podcast with his wife Alana Macfarlane Kempner and her identical twin sister Lisa.
© Bafta/Rachell Smith Meera Syal to get Bafta Fellowship
'She has made an extraordinary impact on the screen and literary arts'
27/04/2023 … Meera Syal is to be presented with the Bafta Fellowship at the annual ceremony next month.
© Jiksaw Coronation treat
London's Angel Comedy Club to throw a massive bank holiday street party
27/04/2023 … London’s Angel Comedy Club is to hold another of its street parties over the Coronation weekend.
Wed 26 April 2023
© Jiksaw Rosie Jones champions children's reading
Comic backs summer books scheme
26/04/2023 … Rosie Jones is one of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge champions.
© Alistair Muir Alex Edelman's Just For Us heads to Broadway
Eight week run for Jewish comic's show about meeting racists
26/04/2023 … Alex Edelman is to perform his one-man stand-up show Just For Us on Broadway.