Mixtape bring Edinburgh Fringe preview to Tyneside
Comedy theatre outfit Mixtape is to preview their Edinburgh Festival show in Newcastle next month, before heading to the this year’s Fringe.
Men With Ven want YOU to touch your balls
Musical comedy troupe Men With Ven are taking on the theoretically unfunny subject of testicular cancer in their new song, in an effort to raise awareness of the disease.
Woodsduck Comedy & Art Festival to hit York
York’s foremost alternative comedy club The Burning Duck are to curate a two-day comedy festival next month.
Sketch groups raise cash for earthquake victims
Teesside sketch groups Cheap Craic and Heavy Petting will put on another barking mad night of new material on Saturday 20 June, backed two up-and-coming alternative comics, with all proceeds on the door going to charity.
Manchester show aims to find next Miranda
The Sitcom Trials returns to Manchester this month, giving audiences the chance to decide the future of comedy.
Great Yorkshire Fringe Pop Up Shop opens for business
The festival will see Parliament Street is transformed into a giant village green, with performances held in two Spiegeltents – The White Rose Rotunda and The Turn Pot – as well as specially commissioned venue The Tea Pot.
Al Murray announces Middlesborough show
Pub Landlord Al Murray has announced he will be performing at Middlesbrough Town Hall on Tuesday 10 November.
Johnny Vegas biopic in the works
The best-selling book, which tells the story of Michael Pennington’s journey from wannabe priest to wayward comedian, is currently being developed by Sky.
