North East Comedy News

 Nic Wright

Film starring Newcastle comic wins top Cannes award

Film starring Newcastle comic wins top Cannes award

Fellow Geordie comic Gavin Webster also appears in the film, which was shot in Newcastle.

 Nic Wright

Dane Baptiste announces North East tour stop

Dane Baptiste announces North East tour stop

Baptiste will perform his critically-acclaimed show Reasonable Doubts at the Teesdale venue on Saturday 26 November 2016; the only North East date so far on his first nationwide tour.

 Nic Wright

Rhys James to appear in Newcastle ahead of Mock the Week debut

Rhys James to appear in Newcastle ahead of Mock the Week debut

James, a “sickeningly talented young stand up” (Time Out), will preview his brand new show at the Waterloo Square venue on Wednesday 1 June 2016, shortly before his debut appearance on BBC Two’s Mock the Week airs.

 Nic Wright

Chris Cross conjures up the cash

Chris Cross conjures up the cash

Newcastle magician and comic Chris Cross has raised over £1200 for Brain Tumour Research in honour of Paul Daniels. Cross held a sold-out charity gala on Newcastle’s Quayside on Thursday which raised £1,235 for the organisation. Daniels, from Middlesborough, passed away in March, having been diagnosed with a brain tumour only a month before. The […]

 Nic Wright

Double the laughs this weekend in Barnard Castle

Double the laughs this weekend in Barnard Castle

Rhys James and Lloyd Griffith will preview their new Edinburgh shows at The Witham, Barnard Castle on Saturday 21 May 2016.

 Andrew Dipper

Ed Gamble announces rare Newcastle show

Ed Gamble announces rare Newcastle show

Mock The Week star confirms a date at The Bottle Shop Bar & Kitchen in June.

 Nic Wright

Marcus Brigstocke to play Stockton show

Marcus Brigstocke to play Stockton show

The TV comic will bring his brand new show Why the Long Face? to Stockton’s ARC on Wednesday 5 October 2016.

 Nic Wright

New comedy festival announced for Teesside

New comedy festival announced for Teesside

Middlesbrough’s historic Stewart Park will play host to some of the biggest names in comedy at Monkeyshine festival on Saturday 16 July and Sunday17 July.