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Pleasance 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 2023Chortle Awards 2023 results
Jazz Emu won in two categories at the Chortle Awards 2023. Other winners included Dara O Briain, Seann Walsh, Bob Mortimer, Joe Lycett and Zoe Lyons.
British Comedy Guide, 6th February 2023Chortle Awards 2023 nominees announced
Shortlisted nominees for the 2023 awards run by comedy website Chortle have been announced. Bob Mortimer, Alasdair Beckett-King and Jordan Gray have secured two nominations each.
British Comedy Guide, 24th January 2023Jiksaw names its ones-to-watch 2023
Creative studio Jiksaw has revealed the 17 comedians who form its Faces Of Comedy 2022 cohort, a list of up-and-coming comedy talents to watch out for in 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2022Meet Funny Women 2022 double award winner Lorna Rose Treen
This year the Funny Women Awards Grand Final was back at the Bloomsbury Theatre where Lorna Rose Treen made history winning BOTH the Stage Award and Comedy Shorts Award. We caught up with Lorna to talk about her comedy career and how it feels to win!
Funny Women, 25th October 2022Funny Women final 2022
It was a secret vote from industry judges, but Lorna Rose Treen's victory in this year's Funny Women final must surely have been a landslide.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd October 2022Live review: Funny Women Final 2022, Bloomsbury Theatre, WC1
This year's So You Think You're Funny? final in Edinburgh in August had an international flavour to it and so did the latest Funny Women Stage Award final. As comedy continues to thrive it is becoming more cosmopilitan, more multi-cultural. And the standard keeps getting stronger too.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd October 2022Funny Women Awards 2022 results
Lorna Rose Treen won two prizes at the Funny Women Awards 2022. Ruby Carr, Chanel Williams and Amy Annette were also selected as winners.
British Comedy Guide, 30th September 2022Acts announced for this year's NATYS
Curtis Walker hosts the 40th anniversary of the legendary new comedy showcase. Sheba Montserrat returns from the 2020 Hackney Empire show, to perform at the Top of the Bill.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th April 2022Comedy festival for April Fools
The OSO Arts Centre in Barnes is launching a two-day celebration of the most creative new voices in comedy today. Headling the festival will be John Robertson.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th February 2022