Gilded Balloon Teviot will be closed during the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, the venue's artistic directors have confirmed. Katy Koren and Karen Koren have also revealed that the future of their prestigious new act competition, So You Think You're Funny? is under threat and have instigated a policy of only booking female comperes for rowdy late-night gig Late'n'Live.
Channel 4 has announced The Sean Lock Comedy Award, which will showcase talented new writers and performers "who embody the alternative comedic spirit of Sean and Channel 4".
Christmas Actually, a festive stage show curated by Richard Curtis for Comic Relief, will run at London's Royal Festival Hall from 7th to 11th December.
The winner of the Chortle Student Comedy Award 2023 competition was Bristol University's Riki Msindo, with Exeter University undergraduate Josh Adkins named runner-up.
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards will return to the Fringe this year after securing emergency sponsorship from no fewer than three separate external partners.
