Yorkshire Comedy News

 Nic Wright

Great Yorkshire Fringe Pop Up Shop opens for business

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.

 Molly Stewart

More big names confirmed for the Great Yorkshire Fringe

More big names confirmed for the Great Yorkshire Fringe

Founder Martin Witts says he is “delighted at the calibre of the comedy stars we have signed up.”

 Nic Wright

Preview: Leeds Comedy Festival 2015

Preview: Leeds Comedy Festival 2015

This week, the first Leeds Comedy Festival will be bringing stand-up and sketch to the city centre.

 Nic Wright

Deer Shed Festival announce comedy line-up

Deer Shed Festival announce comedy line-up

Taking place in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, the festival will welcome a number of comedy acts to their Big Top stage, including last year’s Edinburgh Panel Prize winners Funz and Gamez.

 Nic Wright

Bec Hill takes on the Burning Duck

Bec Hill takes on the Burning Duck

York’s alternative comedy night is back at The Black Swan on Tuesday 12 May 2015.

 Andrew Dipper

Al Murray to open the first Great Yorkshire Fringe

Al Murray to open the first Great Yorkshire Fringe

Murray will bring The Pub Landlord’s Saloon show to York’s Parliament Square on Friday 24 July and Saturday 25 July.

 Nic Wright

Ian D Montfort to spook West Yorkshire

Ian D Montfort to spook West Yorkshire

Tom Binns is to bring his two most popular creations to West Yorkshire in March.

 Nic Wright

Lou Sanders to headline Burning Duck Comedy Club

Lou Sanders to headline Burning Duck Comedy Club

A surrealist stand-up, headliner Lou Sanders has written for Channel 4’s Stand-Up for the Week and BBC3’s Laughtershock, as well as making appearances on Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience and Russell Howard’s Good News.