Comedy News

The Comic Strip Presents to return with new film

The Comic Strip Presents to return with new film

The 75 minute comic fantasy from Peter Richardson will tell the story of a woman who accidentally becomes Chief Executive of News International, and gets caught up in a press scandal. …

Sky to air new Julia Davis comedy

Sky to air new Julia Davis comedy

Davis, the creator of Human Remains, Nighty Night and Hunderby, will write and star in Robin’s Test, a six-part series following a group of couples on a birthday camping trip to Dorset.…

Club offers ‘Trump Special’ for Muslim comedy fans

Club offers ‘Trump Special’ for Muslim comedy fans

The Experiment Comedy Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has announced its “Donald Trump Special”, in which Muslim customers can gain free entry by facing Mecca and reciting The Fatiha, the first chapter of the Quran.…

Extra dates for Russell Howard tour

Extra dates for Russell Howard tour

Howard's biggest tour to date, the show will stop at 29 cities around the globe between February and July 2017, including a ten night run at London's Royal Albert Hall.…

Hardest working comics of 2015 named

Hardest working comics of 2015 named

Listings website Ents24 compiled the twenty-strong list based on the number of venues played by comics listed on the site throughout the year.…

NATYS finalists revealed

NATYS finalists revealed

The NATYS, touted as the most important new comedy showcase in the country by The Guardian, has been rooting out the best up and coming comedy and variety acts every year since 1985.…

Votes open for this year’s Comedian’s Comedian

Votes open for this year’s Comedian’s Comedian

The award, which last year went to Gavin Webster, is voted for by professional comedians, promoters and bookers and all working comedians from the UK and Ireland are eligible. …

Lee Nelson to host the Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival preview show

Lee Nelson to host the Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival preview show

The show will take place on Friday 8 January 2016, and Nelson will appear alongside a packed bill of some of stand-up’s most exciting names. …

Crowdfunding bid for dark Bar Mitzvah comedy

Crowdfunding bid for dark Bar Mitzvah comedy

The film will explore “the bizarre and often hilarious world of North London Jews.”…

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