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© Matt Crockett Joe Lycett, Sara Pascoe, Simon Amstell and others head to three-day event
03/03/2026 … A bigt-op comedy festival is to take over Battersea Park for three days this June, with a mix of established names and newer acts performing under a big top tent…
20-strong team features familiar names from the comedy circuit
02/03/2026 … Saturday Night Live has announced the full writing team for its UK edition – with a mammoth 20 names, many of them familiar from the comedy circuit.
02/03/2026 … A new consultancy has launched with the aim of giving unrepresented comedians access to the kind of professional support that has traditionally only been available…
Adam Ernst Pickard triumphs in Brighton
02/03/2026 … Adam Ernst Pickard is the first finalists to be chosen in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Including Shaparak Khorsandi and Mark Watson
02/03/2026 … Five more comics have signed up to be ambassadors for Live Comedy Day on April 1.
More than 100 shows in this year's event
02/03/2026 … Bath Comedy Festival is back this spring with more than 100 shows and 300 performances spread across four weeks and a range of city-centre venues.
'Exciting examples of the Scottish stand-up scene'
02/03/2026 … The Stand Comedy Club is sponsoring five Scottish-based comedians to meet the cost of performing at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Seven-week London run for his show Vaudevillean
02/03/2026 … Bill Bailey has announced a seven-week West End run of his stand-up show Vaudevillean.
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