27 Aug
02:59
Kate Smurthwaite gets three Malcolm Hardee nods for a free show
An act at this year’s Fringe bought a domain that sounds almost exactly like the UK’s biggest comedy news site, then posted a six-star review…
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26 Aug
08:42
Crudi Dench takes the £1,500 Bannerett Award at Bannerman’s
The deal Crudi Dench offers an audience at the Iron Belly is simple. They’ll crowd-surf naked if the show manages to solve one caller’s problem.…
25 Aug
15:51
Garry Starr puts £1,600 in so every ISH nominee gets £100
The hundred quid only exists if you’re standing in the room There’s a £100 note with your name on it at the Counting House on…
24 Aug
07:51
Birmingham’s Breaking Talent Award 2026 pays the winner in a mug
The prize is a mug. An actual one, the Mug Of Victory, handed over on stage at the Glee Club in the Arcadian. Five West…
23 Aug
05:03
Leicester Comedy Festival owes £215,000 and the list is wrong
The Live Comedy Association is owed £103 by the charity behind Leicester Comedy Festival, for an event the LCA itself produced as part of the…
21 Aug
07:01
Tel Aviv court fines a comic £2,500 for a front-row fat joke
“You remind me of my cat. You’re as fat as she is.” That is the line, as the woman in the front row put it…
20 Aug
10:38
Comedians’ Choice Awards 2026 pay the winner in rehearsal time
“I’m so taken aback, I want to thank all the comedians who voted for me!” That was Alison Spittle collecting best show at the 2025…
19 Aug
15:44
Leicester Comedy Festival trustees get eight questions and a deadline
The people who ran the charity that owes comedians more than £100,000 were invited onto a video call on Sunday, and they declined. The exact…
15 Aug
09:04
So You Think You’re Funny is back at Teviot with a train sponsor
£13.50 gets you into a So You Think You’re Funny heat at 21:45 in Gilded Balloon Teviot, which is probably the cheapest ticket in Edinburgh…
15 Aug
08:30
SNL UK comes back 12 September with a Microsoft Forms ballot
At 10am on Friday the ballot for a seat inside Britain’s only live network sketch show opened. The thing standing between you and studio TC1…
