Dan Tiernan is top Frog
New comic wins Manchester contest
03/11/2020 … Dan Tiernan, who works in a care home for young asylum seekers, has won the annual new act competition run by Manchester’s Frog and Bucket.
Tue 03 November 2020
Sat 31 October 2020
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay Entries open for 2Northdown new act contest
31/10/2020 … London comedy venue 2Northdown has launched its third new act competition Heats will take place from January in its sister venue, 21Soho The…
Thu 29 October 2020
© Brett Sayles/Pexels The corporate Christmas comedy gigs WILL go on...
Streaming service NextUp offers bespoke shows for firms
29/10/2020 … Comedians are set to host corporate Christmas gigs, despite the pandemic.
Wed 28 October 2020
Nabil Abdulrashid signs with a new agent
Comic joins Chambers Management stable
28/10/2020 … Britain’s Got Talent Nabil Abdulrashid has signed with Jimmy Carr’s agent.
New counterculture podcast from Robin Ince
Guests include Stewart Lee and Reece Shearsmith
28/10/2020 … Robin Ince is launching a new podcast about the counterculture.
Tue 27 October 2020
Reginald D Hunter announces 2021 tour
Bombe Shuffleur to hit the road in April
27/10/2020 … Reginald D Hunter has announced a 35-date tour for next spring and summer.
Paddy Raff and Soft Border Patrol up for RTS award
Northern Ireland nominees announced
27/10/2020 … Mockumentary Soft Border Patrol and sketch pilot The Paddy Raff Show have been shortlisted for best scripted comedy in the Royal Television Society awards for Northern…
Mon 26 October 2020
Filming starts on Kitty Flanagan's Australian sitcom
Comic plays a probate lawyer in Fisk
26/10/2020 … Filming has started on Kitty Flanagan’s Australian sitcom, in which the stand-up plays a lawyer forced to take a job at a ‘shabby suburban firm specialising…