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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.
Eleven Soho Theatre performances and 13 dated tour stops have landed on Chris Cantrill’s calendar after his Edinburgh win. The Chris Cantrill Rewilding tour announcement…
“We’re exploring new dates and will be back with an update as soon as we have one.” That is the firmest timetable Great Outdoors Comedy…
Larry Dean played King Charles at a pretend Balmoral. He got the line that set the tone for the whole of Saturday night: “Don’t tell…
The Y Theatre sits at 7 East Street in Leicester, calls itself the city’s oldest theatre and turns 125 this year. In its own words…
The listing promises “Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year and a £1,000 prize”. The first of those acts…
Nine days between five stars and "we cannot make any further payments" On 26 August, The Skinny gave Jordan Brookes five stars at the Pleasance…
A Thursday at the Memorial Hall, killed on the Tuesday Ticketmaster’s listing for An Evening with Ruby Wax at Sheffield City Hall Memorial Hall on…
The Hackney Empire holds 1,275 people. On Thursday 22 October it hands the lot of them over to a fictional pirate radio station from Brentford.…
Thirty acts, six shows, and doors at six on a Tuesday Thirty comics will play six shows across three nights this month, in a shed…
Susie McCabe had read the same press release as everyone else. “However, I would counter that with yes the front end of the Fringe was…
