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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.
Ten pages. That’s the entire barrier to entry on the Royal Court’s Stage Write Comedy Special. Sit with that for a second, because the other…
“I’m gutted to have to tell you this but my show has been cancelled.” Karen Dunbar said that in an Instagram video this week. Then…
“Their standing balance for our appearance was due at the end of September. It remained unpaid.” That is AY, quoted by Premium Times. The reports…
Brenna Oude-Reimerink paid $394 for two VIP tickets to a comedy festival that didn’t happen. A month after it was postponed, she told CTV News…
Radio 4 put out more than 30 comedy commissions, and five weeks later the BBC announced that comedy commissioning for radio is being folded into…
“Just DON’T MAKE IT ANY LONGER!” is, I think, a first for me: a competition rule in all caps, from the person judging it. That’s…
If your room holds 100 or less, twenty pounds is the gap between appearing in the Glasgow International Comedy Festival guide and existing only as…
Arts Council England spent £946.9m last year and, by CRAFT’s own count, £0 of it was attributed to comedy. That figure is doing most of…
“They still owe me money for the last couple of months of teaching, and I do not know if I will be paid now.” That’s…
Registration for Brighton Fringe 2027 opened at midday on Wednesday 14 October. Brighton Fringe is open access: the festival says anyone can pay its registration…
