Jeremy Hardy announces Leeds show
After 31 years of doing comedy, and with no sign of a lottery win, Hardy is back on the road, and kicking off his fourth decade as a stand-up at the Leeds venue on 29 May 2015.
John Bishop to play intimate Leeds show
The Varieties is one of only two venues to host intimate performances of the show, before Bishop records his tour DVD at the Royal Albert Hall in April.
Preview: The Burning Duck Comedy Club with Phil Ellis
The city’s new alternative comedy night, held monthly at The Black Swan, will welcome the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Panel Prize winner on Tuesday 10 February 2015.
Entries open for The Great Yorkshire Fringe New Comedian of the Year
The winning contestant will bag the opportunity to perform at London’s Leicester Square Theatre, plus the coveted Golden Pudding Award and £500 cash.
First shows announced for the Great Yorkshire Fringe
Tickets are now on sale for the first Great Yorkshire Fringe – a mix of stand-up and family entertainment coming to York for ten days next summer.
Lucy Beaumont goes To Hull And Back
Lucy Beaumont’s Radio 4 sitcom, To Hull And Back, has been given the green-light for a full series. The Hull-born comedian, who won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2012 and was nominated for Best Newcomer at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, stars in the sitcom as Sophie, an aspiring actor from Hull who struggles to […]
New Dad’s Army film to be shot in Yorkshire
The new Dad’s Army film, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Toby Jones and Bill Nighy, is to be shot in Yorkshire later this month.
