7 Oct
04:57
Sydney Comedy Festival 2027 applications: dates, fees and access
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…
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River Leanox edits Open Comedy's newsroom. Coverage runs across stand-up's full ecosystem: comics on the rise, club owners booking the rooms, festivals, specials, and the working-comic economics behind the laughs. Tips, corrections, and counter-arguments welcome at river@opencomedy.com.
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7 Oct
04:56
What the LCA’s £45,000 Arts Council England Award Pays For
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…
5 Oct
07:31
Halifax food trucks say Trixstar owes them over $60,000
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…
4 Oct
19:25
The Stand’s managing director leaves on 7 October, and nobody has been named to replace him
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…
4 Oct
19:24
Reece Dinsdale fronts campaign to save Square Chapel
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.…
4 Oct
05:55
Melbourne Comedy Festival’s venue deadline is Monday 5 October
“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…
1 Oct
07:23
Southport Comedy Festival’s 17-show bill names two women. Manchester’s 53-show festival takes open applications for £55
Jason Byrne’s opening night at Southport Comedy Festival is sold out. So are both Jason Manford shows, Henning Wehn, Gary Delaney, Scott Bennett and Paul…
1 Oct
07:22
Susan Riddell’s terrorism charge dropped after a 7pm curfew
The last time Susan Riddell played the Edinburgh Fringe, she did it from her living room in Glasgow, on a 10.40pm slot in Monkey Barrel…
29 Sep
01:57
Build a comedy competition set that survives the five-minute rule
The line on the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year listing is not phrased as a suggestion. “All contestants must stick to 5…
29 Sep
01:55
Twenty-two names in the smaller type: how comedy festivals pay support acts
Twenty-two names in the smaller type: how comedy festivals pay support acts On Saturday 3 October, Ed Gamble headlines a warehouse complex in Peckham. Three…
