Julia McKenzie, who is currently Creative Director at BBC Studios Audio, has been announced as the new Radio 4 Comedy and Entertainment Commissioner. She will start this new position in the summer.
Production and distribution company DLT Entertainment has announced it has made an investment in Hannah Layton Management, as it continues to expand into talent representation.
Newcastle upon Tyne will host the BBC's first Comedy Festival. The three day event - 11th to 13th May 2022 - is aimed at comedy producers and those looking to break into or advance their career in the industry.
The Edinburgh Festival-based Best In Class project is seeking working class comedians to take part in its 2022 Fringe run, and has launched a bursary to help performers with accommodation costs.
Comedy chain The 99 Club have reinstated their bursary scheme, which is focused on female and non-binary comedians who are taking their first full length solo comedy show to the Edinburgh Festival.
Comedy writer Lloyd Glanville has won the Hat Trick sitcom script competition. His show Unsustainable is about a hopeless collection of civil servants tasked with turning Wales into a net zero carbon economy by 2030.
