© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay West End new act finalists announced for 2025
22/04/2025 … The finalists of the 2025 West End New Act of the Year comedy competition have been announced .
Tue 22 April 2025
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James Acaster to headline Ukraine fundraiser
Big charity gig in London next month
22/04/2025 … James Acaster is to headline a major charity gig to aid those affected by the war in Ukraine.
Crime comedy Deep Cover to premiere at SXSW London
Starrign Nick Mohammed, Orlando Bloom and Bryce Dallas-Howard
22/04/2025 … Deep Cover - the Amazon crime-comedy about a group of improv performers hired to infiltrate London’s gangland – will headline the SXSW London…
Thu 17 April 2025
Hear Me Out... again
Channel 4 orders second series of its digital panel show
17/04/2025 … Channel 4 has ordered a second series of its digital panel show Hear Me Out.
Wed 16 April 2025
The Melbourne comedy festival award nominees for 2025 are...
Most outstanding show and best newcomer shortlists announced
16/04/2025 … Ahir Shah, Flo And Joan’s One Man Musical and Olga Koch are among the nominees for the top award for live comedy in Australia.
Tue 15 April 2025
© Richard Kendal Sue Perkins to host Have I Got News For You
Returning to the show for the first time in a decade
15/04/2025 … Sue Perkins is to host Have I Got News For You for the first time in a decade.
Dhinawan Baker is officially Deadly Funny
Queenslander takes Australia's First Nations comedy title
15/04/2025 … Dhinawan Baker has won this year's Deadly Funny title for First Nations comedians at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Fri 11 April 2025
Meet the BBC's newest radio comedy writers
Eve Delaney and Ruth Huskisson follow in prestigious footsteps
11/04/2025 … Eve Delaney and Ruth Huskisson have been named as this year’s staff comedy writers for BBC Studios Audio department.