Applications open for £5,000 Fringe grants
Scheme backed by Joe Lycett and Nish Kumar
11/03/2026 … Applications have opened for £5,000 grants to help artists and companies hoping to take a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time.
Scheme backed by Joe Lycett and Nish Kumar
11/03/2026 … Applications have opened for £5,000 grants to help artists and companies hoping to take a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time.
Comedian wins 'best clean joke' title at Leicester Festival
10/03/2026 … An astronomy researcher has picked up the title for ‘best clean joke of last month's Leicester Comedy Festival’.
Comics sought for annual Dabbers competiion
10/03/2026 … Entries have opened for this year’s Dabbers Bingo comedy caller contest.
© Matt Crockett 06/03/2026 … The Hastings Comedy Festival is returning for its 11th year, with more than 90 performances spread across local venues from June 1 to 7.
© Paul Gilbey 'I won’t be on roller-skates this time!'
05/03/2026 … Nick Mohammed will host this year's Olivier Awards, the 50th anniversary of the leading theatre accolades.
Jane McCarry and Mark Cox to appear in Miss Lockwood Isn't Well
05/03/2026 … Still Game stars Jane McCarry and Mark Cox are reuniting for a new stage drama.
After 1,089 performances of 756 shows
04/03/2026 … The Leicester Comedy Festival has announced the nominees for its annual awards.
02/03/2026 … A new consultancy has launched with the aim of giving unrepresented comedians access to the kind of professional support that has traditionally only been available…
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