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Latest · 17 Oct 2026 · 05:51
Adam Ernest Pickard won the UK Pun Championships at the Leicester Comedy Festival in February. Chortle reported the title went his way at an event…
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After 30 years working for the BBC, Tim McGarry says the decision over Give My Head Peace arrived by email. That is a fairly bleak…
Travis Sherer’s company had presold nearly $15,000 of Gary Gulman tickets for Monday night at the Grand Theatre in Salem, Oregon. The building shut in…
One percentage point sounds like nothing until you hold it against a whole season of ticketing. From 2027, Adelaide Fringe is cutting its Inside Charge…
Artist Appplications Now open Apply now to be a part of our 2027 Festival That was the Sydney Comedy Festival homepage when checked on 6…
What does the £45,000 LCA funding pay for? The £45,000 in LCA funding pays for a ten-month programme of events and activities. Live Comedy Day…
Three trucks, one boycott call, and a $60,000 figure Michelle Kerfoot Bernava tracked nearly $29,000 of sales across four days of stand-up at the bottom…
Six words in The Stand’s leaving statement for Mike Jones will matter more to the acts than everything else in it. The company says that…
Equity and Save Square Chapel campaigners marched along Halifax’s main streets and through the Piece Hall. They finished with a rally outside the abandoned building.…
“Our participant creative teams, performers and producers are the largest risk-takers and investors in the Comedy Festival,” Susan Provan said in July, in the Melbourne…
