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Comedy club commits £10k to new online content

Being paid for videos will help hard-up comics

01/04/2020 … The Comedy Unleashed stand-up night has set up a £10,000 fund to pay comedians for new content for its YouTube channel.

Trevor Noah announces rescheduled tour

New dates in London, Glasgow and Dublin

01/04/2020 … Trevor Noah has announced rescheduled UK and Ireland dates The Daily Show host pulled his Loud & Clear tour at the last minute last month, becoming one of…

Comedian Ashley Blaker to perform in an empty theatre

Despite government advice to curb non-essential travel

01/04/2020 … Comedian Ashley Blaker is to stage a theatre show with no audience this weekend – despite government instructions that non-essential workers should not travel.

Comedy duo win £1,000 video prize

Success for the Awkward Silence

01/04/2020 … Comedy duo The Awkward Silence have won a national comedy competition, bagging a £1,000 prize for their video sketch.

Edinburgh Fringe cancelled: Statements from the 'big 4'

'We will return with a renewed purpose. We will persevere.'

01/04/2020 … The 'big 4' Edinburgh venues have all issued their own statements in the wake of its afternoon's news that the Edinburgh Fringe is not going ahead as…

Edinburgh Fringe cancellation: Questions and Answers

As issued by the Festival Fringe Society

01/04/2020 … Following today's announcement that the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe would not be going ahead in anything like its normal form, the Festival Fringe Society, which puts…