28 Jul
11:53
Assembly moves 17 Fringe shows to St Andrew Square after fire
The email nobody wants ten days before their Fringe run opens went out on Monday 27 July. It told 17 companies their venue had shifted…
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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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26 Jul
11:35
Comedy clubs miss out on Burnham’s 20% business rates cut
The door charge is the bit that disqualifies you The government’s own guidance sets out which venues qualify for its business rates relief. Buried in…
24 Jul
04:30
Edinburgh’s visitor levy starts today – the 5-night cap spares Fringe acts
“I honestly think Edinburgh will lose the festival,” Elf Lyons told Midlothian View this week. It’s a heavy thing to say about the event she…
23 Jul
12:17
Sandringham festival axed five weeks out, and the refund got messy
A day ticket to watch Lionel Richie at Sandringham this August was priced at £135. Christina Aguilera on the Friday came in cheaper, at £84.80.…
22 Jul
13:52
Leicester comedy festival files ‘serious incident’ report over unpaid acts
The regulator now has it in writing The charity behind Leicester Comedy Festival has done the thing you do when a cashflow problem stops being…
20 Jul
12:53
Shane Gillis played to 73,946 people in an NFL stadium
Three 6 Mafia closed a stand-up gig By the time Shane Gillis got to the sincere bit, the bill had already run through a Dave…
17 Jul
05:51
Equity claws back pay for three unpaid Leicester festival comics
Three comedians paid, and a union that won’t name them Equity has got three comedians their money. That’s the concrete result out of the Leicester…
16 Jul
06:39
A new £1500 Fringe award for the acts risking it all
The Banneret Award will hand £1,500 to one Edinburgh Fringe act. Its criteria are unusually blunt about who qualifies: the performer for whom turning up…
15 Jul
08:29
Peter Kay’s four new Bolton shows are BL-postcode only
The instruction reads like a captcha with a chip on its shoulder: type your postcode in UPPER case, with a SPACE. Get it wrong and…
13 Jul
04:52
The £1,000 student award behind Lycett, Gamble and Gadd
The cheque at the end of the Chortle Student Comedy Award is £1,000, with £250 for the runner-up. The comedians who have stood roughly where…
