Glasgow Comedy Festival claims a record year
01/04/2025 … The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has claimed a record year, with more than 61,000 comedy fans buying tickets to its 605 shows.
Tue 01 April 2025
Mon 31 March 2025
Fry & Laurie biography updated
Including 20 new unseen sketches
31/03/2025 … The official biography of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie’s double act has been updated for its paperback release next month.
Sat 29 March 2025
Anna completes the Chortle Student Comedy Award final line-up
Oxford PhD candidate wins the People's Choice place
29/03/2025 … Anna Rae George has been selected as the last finalist in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award following a public vote.
Fri 28 March 2025
Comic seeks pub yarns for new book
Marc Jennings teams up with Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn
28/03/2025 … Glasgow-based comedian Marc Jennings is helping Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn compile the country’s funniest stories for a new book of pub banter and confessions.
Thu 27 March 2025
London theatre to set up a sketch comedy collective
Inspired by The Groundlings that launched so many American stars
27/03/2025 … London’s Seven Dials Playhouse is hoping to set up a sketch comedy collective along the likes of The Groundlings.
Wed 26 March 2025
© Eva Pentel End Of The Road announces its 2025 comedy line-up
With Adam Buxton, Stewart Lee and Grace Campbell
26/03/2025 … Adam Buxton, Stewart Lee and Grace Campbell will be playing this year’s End Of The Road festival, it has been announced.
The 2025 Melbourne comedy festival gets under way
With more than 1,000 comedians in 690 shows
26/03/2025 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival gets under way today This year, 690 shows – made up of more than 1,000 performers including 130 international…
Mon 24 March 2025
© Trudy Stade Glasgow venue funds comic's Edinburgh Fringe venue
Jack Traynor has his costs met by Blackfriars of Bell Street
24/03/2025 … Glasgow comedy venue Blackfriars of Bell Street has announced it’s funding the Edinburgh Fringe debut of Cumbernauld-born comedian Jack Traynor.