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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…
Adam Ernest Pickard won the UK Pun Championships at the Leicester Comedy Festival in February. Chortle reported the title went his way at an event…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
