Halifax Comedy Festival returns for 2025
11/09/2025 … The Halifax Comedy Festival has announced its 2025 return, running for two weeks from Saturday October 18.
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Thu 11 September 2025
'All British Comedy Explained' in a new podcast
With Abigoliah Schamaun and Tom Salinsky
11/09/2025 … American comedian Abigoliah Schamaun is to fill in the gaps in her UK comedy history in a new podcast.
Cast announced for Horrible Histories: The Concert,
Tour of songs from the kids' comedy show
11/09/2025 … The cast has been announced for Horrible Histories: The Concert, a UK tour of songs from the CBBC comedy show.
London gets a new improv theatre
The Free Association moves to a custom-built home
11/09/2025 … Improv group The Free Association are opening a permanent London venue next month.
John Kearns announces 2026 tour
55+ dates for Tilting At Windmills
11/09/2025 … John Kearns has announced a 55-plus date tour of UK and Ireland next year.
Michael McIntyre and Gavin & Stacey win at the NTAs
A first for comedian's Big Show
11/09/2025 … Gavin & Stacey won the Ccomedy category at the National Television Awards last night It beat Brassic, Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special and…
On The Buses writer Ronald Wolfe's archive to be auctioned
More than 1,000 items of memorabilia to go under the hammer
11/09/2025 … A collection of more than 1,000 scripts, photographs and documents from On The Buses writer Ronald Wolfe is going under the hammer later this month.
Jimmy Carr hits 1.5million YouTube subscribers
Most popular British comic on the platform
11/09/2025 … Jimmy Carr has become the most subscribed UK comedian on YouTube, with more than 1.