13 Oct
09:51
Give My Head Peace TV Cancellation and 2027 Live Tour
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…
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The latest updates from the global comedy scene, including industry announcements, major deals, legal stories, platform changes, and breaking news affecting comedians, venues, and audiences.
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13 Oct
09:50
Cozy Comedy Says It Is Out $18,000 After Salem’s Grand Theatre Closed
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…
13 Oct
09:32
Adelaide Fringe drops its ticket cut to 4 per cent for 2027
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…
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…
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…
