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Monday 16th May 2022
David Mitchell and Gemma Whelan will return to The Upstart Crow, the stage show spin-off from Ben Elton's TV sitcom.
Sunday 8th May 2022
Mike Cox has won the Not So New Comedian Of The Year competition. Meanwhile Viggo Venn came top at the NATYS showcase.
Tuesday 19th April 2022
Adam Flood has won Bath Comedy Festival's New Act of the Year 2022 competition. Hubert Mayr, Freya Mallard and Will Owen were named runners-up.
Sunday 10th April 2022
Jeff Japers has won the Musical Comedy Awards 2022. Talal Karkouti was second and Simon David third. The Sugarcoated Sisters were named Best Newcomers.
Tuesday 29th March 2022
Stewart Lee was named a Legend of Comedy at the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2022. Other winners included Troy Hawke, Ania Magliano, Marcel Lucont and Jon Pearson.
A stage adaptation of Radio 4 favourite Bleak Expectations is to premiere this spring at The Watermill Theatre in Newbury.
Saturday 26th March 2022
Justina Seselskaite has won the BCG Pro Performance Awards 2021 final.
Friday 25th March 2022
Underbelly Festival returns to London this Spring and Summer at two sites, including a brand new run of top stand-up showcase London Comedy Allstars.
Miranda Hart has written her first play. The short, The Most Important Journey Doesn't Need A Passport, examines apparent clashes between self-care and responsibility towards others.
Tuesday 15th March 2022
Stand-up comic Phil Henderson has won the West End New Act of the Year competition for 2022. Carla Gordon and Sam Coade were the runners-up.
