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Chortle Awards 2024 results
Paddy Young, Sam Campbell, Lorna Rose Treen, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, John Kearns, James Acaster, Joe Lycett, Munya Chawawa, Fern Brady and Taskmaster are amongst the winners of the Chortle Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 4th March 2024Best of 2023: Comedy
Comebacks, emotional journeys and assured debuts.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 30th December 2023British theatre is a shadow of its former self - but our comedy scene is thriving
Our theatre and comedy critics round up the best and worst shows of 2023 - and look ahead to an uncertain future.
Dominic Cavendish and Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 14th December 2023Stand-up director Adam Brace dies aged 43
Adam Brace, the award-winning stand-up director, has died after a short illness.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd May 2023Adam Brace had a magic touch for comedy and theatre - both worlds will mourn his death
Brace, who has died aged 43, was a hugely talented playwright, dramaturg and director who worked on a string of hits including One-Woman Show and Age Is A Feeling.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 2nd May 2023Pleasance puts lots more Edinburgh shows on sale
The second Edinburgh Fringe announcement for the Pleasance Theatre Trust is a whopper with returning award-winning acts, amazing newcomers, European sensations, shows with fun for all the family and political chatterings.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th March 2023Adam Brace interview: Stand-up directing is hardcore dramaturgy
The 'directurg' of some of the year's best shows, Soho Theatre associate director Adam Brace is possibly the most high-profile director you've never heard of.
The Stage, 8th December 2022Jessie Cave: Sunrise review
There is an authenticity to Sunrise that makes it so watchable, and while the retelling is (hopefully) heightened for comic effect, Cave's show treads a fine line between being outrageously funny and recognisably true.
Maryam Philpott, The Reviews Hub, 2nd June 2021