Press clippings
Paul Black stand-up special Nostalgia lands on BBC One Scotland
Paul Black's debut stand-up special, Nostalgia, is one of several comedy shows announced for BBC Scotland's Christmas television offerings, airing alongside a special from Susie McCabe and returns for sketch show Queen Of The New Year and panel show Breaking The News.
British Comedy Guide, 28th November 2023Daniel Foxx on TikTok
"Bite-sized character studies are the new wave of comedy content".
Zara Janjua, The List, 7th August 2023BBC Radio Scotland orders satirical sketch show Noising Up
BBC Radio Scotland has ordered satirical sketch show Noising Up, starring stand-up Stephen Buchanan and Scot Squad's Karen Bartke and Manjot Sumal, with an open submission policy for aspirant writers.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd August 2022Funny Women Awards 2021 results
The winners of the Funny Women Awards 2021 are Lara Ricote, Kathryn Bond, Ada Player, Hayley Morris and Sophie Duker.
British Comedy Guide, 24th September 2021Funny Women comedy shorts award top three revealed
The nominees are Ada Player, Jo Wiggins and Zara Janjua.
Funny Women, 14th September 2021Funny Women comedy writing award shortlist revealed
It hasn't been easy but after much discussion and heated debate, we have managed to get our shortlist. We are pleased to say that this shortlist has an incredible range of styles, subjects, and scenarios that we will now present to our judging panel.
Funny Women, 1st September 2021Funny Women comedy shorts award shortlist revealed
The standard of entries across this year's Comedy Shorts Award has been so high that we had a real tussle in the Judges room but we are delighted with our Top 10 shortlist!
Funny Women, 1st September 2021Tricks comedians swear by
We've asked four performers for their tips when it comes to winning round a tough crowd, gaining people's trust and dealing with setbacks.
The Sun, 15th August 2021The comedy room writers
Find out more about the writers who have been part of our most recent Comedy Room development group, beginning in autumn 2019.
BBC, 12th February 2020