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Tom Towelling wins Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award
Comedian Tom Towelling has won the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2024. Meanwhile Dom Bant was commended by the judges.
British Comedy Guide, 11th October 20242 Muslim 2 Furious: Aisha Amanduri and Hasan Al-Habib spill their innermost thoughts
Aisha Amanduri and Hasan Al-Habib are bringing their split bill 2 Muslim 2 Furious to the Edinburgh Fringe. Here, they reveal their innermost thoughts as they vaguely try to date each other.
Aisha Amanduri and Hasan Al-Habib, LMAOnaise, 6th July 2024Hasan Al-Habib wins Birmingham Breaking Talent Award 2023
Hasan Al-Habib has been announced as the winner of the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 7th October 2023OnlyFans comedy talent hunt review
In a bid to expand away from its image as a conduit for home-made porn, OnlyFans has launched a comedy 'creative fund' with a £150,000 prize fund - £100k for the winner, £25k for two runners-up. You probably wouldn't bet on that being enough to overturn the site's reputation, but you can't deny that's a generous contribution to kick-starting a comic's career.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd November 2022Ten Edinburgh Fringe shows from former Chortle Student winners (mostly)
Winners and finalists of the Chortle Student Comedy Award so often go on to great things. Here are eight previous title-holders (plus one finalists up and a show we can guarantee will include a future champion) making their returns to Edinburgh this year...
Chortle, 25th July 2022Chortle Student Comedy Award 2022: Final finalists named
Going through as wildcards from across the five semi-finals across the country are Sascha LO, Hasan Al-Habib, Ethan Wilmer-Anderson, Henry Shannon and Alex Mason.
Chortle, 4th April 2022The race row that rocked Cambridge Footlights
For decades, the elite society dominated British comedy, from Python to Peep Show to Bake Off. Has it finally embraced diversity?
Simon Parkin, The Guardian, 26th October 2019