BBC announces Bradford-based Comedy Grants
The BBC has announced details of it next BBC Comedy Grants recipients.
Two organisations in Bradford are amongst the funding winners, as the city prepares to be 2025's UK City of Culture.
One is Theatre in the Mill, an arts organisation committed to developing, supporting and presenting socially responsible art and performance in the city. They will be organising comedy workshops for women to develop their comedy skills and act as an experimental space for developing new comedy tropes.
The other, The South Asian Comedy Collective, hosts a comedy new material night for members of the local community. With the proceeds of the grant they will be organising a new event called the Mega South-Asian Comedy Night, that will take place in Bradford towards the end of 2024.
Eight other recipients of the grants, from across the UK, have yet to be named.
The news was revealed alongside the announcement that the grand final of the 2025 BBC New Comedy Awards will take place in Bradford. Six finalists will compete to be crowned BBC New Comedian 2025 and take home the prize of a scripted commission, £1,000 cash, plus a chance to perform live on Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2026.
The announcements were made as the BBC confirmed it will be an official broadcast partner of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
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