£1,000 grant for funny female filmmakers
New bursary in memory of Phoebe Frances Brown
13/04/2023 … A new £1,000 grant has been created to help an up-and-coming female filmmaker turn a comedy idea into reality.
Thu 13 April 2023
Best In Class gives away its Edinburgh Comedy Award prize money
£5,000 to be redistributed to working-class comedians
13/04/2023 … Best In Class, the movement set up to help working-class comedians, is giving away its Edinburgh Comedy Award prize money.
© Lesley Martin La Clique heads to Manchester
Burlesque cabaret's first Northern residency
13/04/2023 … Burlesque cabaret institution La Clique is heading to Manchester for its very first residency in the North of England.
© Alex Lake Romesh Ranganathan to close Latitude
With a Hip Hop Saved My Life DJ party
13/04/2023 … Romesh Ranganathan is to close the Latitude festival with one of his rare Hip Hop Saved My Life parties.
Jack Whitehall and Daniel Sloss join Just For Laughs
13/04/2023 … Jack Whitehall and Daniel Sloss are to perform at this year’s Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, it has been announced.
Steen Raskopoulos: Friendly Stranger
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
13/04/2023 … Back after a five-year hiatus, Steen Raskopolous has not greatly changed his tried-and-true format of mixing audience participation with character-led sketch comedy.
'I saw Ricky Grover bench-press a heckler'
Jen Brister says it was her favourite gig
13/04/2023 … For most comedians, their favourite gig would probably involve them storming the venue and receiving the adulation of the crowd.
Inspiration from perspiration
13/04/2023 … Paul Merton has eased back in to the Room 101 host’s chair with aplomb.