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Union JACK Radio launches live comedy nights
Digital radio station Union JACK is launching a series of stand-up comedy nights in Manchester, Bristol, Hull and Leicester, highlights from which it'll broadcast in a new weekly show.
British Comedy Guide, 9th August 2021Live review: Musical Comedy Awards Final 2020
As we stagger back towards post-pandemic normality it was good to see the Musical Comedy Awards Final return to the Bloomsbury Theatre.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th June 2021Alex MacKeith wins at Musical Comedy Awards
Alex MacKeith was named as the winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2020, with Tom Taylor second and Bennet Kavanagh third. Amy Webber picked up the audience favourite award. Best Friends Cabaret were awarded the Best Newcomer trophy.
British Comedy Guide, 12th June 202110 hot new acts at Musical Comedy Awards
We caught up with Musical Comedy Awards producer legend Ed Chappel to talk through the acts who will be live on the biggest night of the year for tuneful comedians.
Rupert Dannreuther, To Do List, 5th June 2021Chortle Awards names Legends Of Lockdown
Fergus Craig, Mark Watson, Tim Key, Alex Horne, John Robertson, Marcus Brigstocke, Rachel Parris, Richard Herring, Robin Ince, Stevie Martin, Alistair Green, Janey Godley, Mark Olver, Archie Henderson, Catherine Bohart, Toussaint Douglass and Munya Chawawa are amongst those named Legends Of Lockdown in the Chortle Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 28th March 2021Isolation Song Contest raises over £38,000
An alternative Eurovision Song Contest, the Isolation Song Contest, has raised £38,452 to help support The Trussell Trust, Crisis and Refuge. The winner has also been revealed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th May 202050 best jokes from Edinburgh Fringe 2019's shows
As the festival enters its final days, we round up the funniest gags on offer this year.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 22nd August 2019Fame or talent?
Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions.
Chortle, 10th August 201930 funniest jokes and one-liners from the 2019 Fringe
Thousands of comedians gather in Edinburgh every August to tickle the ribs of crowds at the world's largest arts festival. We asked them for the very best lines from their 2019 Fringe shows.
The Telegraph, 9th August 201930 funniest jokes and one-liners from the 2019 Fringe
Thousands of comedians gather in Edinburgh every August to tickle the ribs of crowds at the world's largest arts festival. We asked them for the very best lines from their 2019 Fringe shows.
The Telegraph, 7th August 2019