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The winner of the Bristol Comedy Competition at the Bristol Comedy Festival has been announced. 240 entries who sent in clips were whittled down to heats and then two semi-finals, followed by a final feauring six acts at Bristol Folk House on Friday night.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Winners Announced - Beyond The Joke
Aug 24, 2024 · Nana Hughes, Chair of this year’s judging panel, and the other judges whittled down all 563 eligible comedy shows at this year’s Fringe to Wednesday’s shortlist of nominations, identifying seven nominees for The Don and Eleanor Taffer Best Comedy Show and five nominees for The DLT Entertainment Best Newcomer Award.The judges also announced today this year’s panel prize, The Victoria ...
News - Beyond The Joke
Rising comedy star Andrew White is hosting Pulse of the Nation, a new weekly panel show on FUBAR Radio. Airing live every Wednesday, the show delivers a hilarious take on the week’s biggest news...
UK Tour For Paul Chowdhry in 2025 called englandia
Oct 18, 2024 · Award-winning stand-up comedian, actor and writer Paul Chowdhry has announced his new ‘Englandia’ UK stand-up tour for 2025. Kicking off in Ipswich on 2nd March, he will perform 33 dates across the country which includes two major arena shows at Birmingham Utlilia Arena and London The O2 before concluding in Newcastle on 24th May. Paul’s career is marked by numerous accolades and ...
Graham Norton Show Guests This Week - beyondthejoke.co.uk
On this week’s show (20th December), Graham welcomes Wonka and Dune star Timothée Chalamet, Oscar-nominated Colman Domingo, British star Andrew Garfield, ‘Smithy’ and ‘Nessa’ themselves, James Corden and Ruth Jones, and Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey.Timothée, talking about playing a young Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, says, “I didn’t know much about Dylan but now ...
Olaf Falafel Reveals His Favourite Fringe Jokes - Beyond The Joke
Aug 13, 2024 · Every year the Edinburgh Fringe is positively awash with jokes. I've just sent in my nominations for the annual Dave's Joke of the Fringe Award, which selects the funniest one-liners at the Festival. It's a tough job watching comedians making everyone laugh but someone's got to do it. The winner of the prestigious prize will be announced on August 19. But writing a one-liner is not all fun and ...
Michael McIntyre Talks About 25 Years Of Standing Up
Dec 5, 2024 · Michael McIntyre is celebrating 25 years of stand-up with a special recording of ‘Macnificent’, his latest, worldwide sold out show. Filmed at the London Palladium, this is a comedy night to rememberQ&A with Michael McIntyreCongratulations on 25 years of stand-up! What can you tell us about your new show? The material …
Review: Adam Riches and John Kearns ARE ‘Ball & Boe’
Dec 15, 2024 · It's the show you've all been waiting for even though you might not have known it. Adam Riches and John Kearns, both Edinburgh Comedy Award winners with decidedly idiosyncratic streaks, have teamed up for this unique tribute to two of the country's finest musical stars, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. Yes, they really have. The result is an hour of sheer brilliant stupidity.From the moment they ...
New Comedia From Matt Forde, Laura Smyth and Ria Lina
Nov 4, 2024 · BBC Radio 4 has announced a sweep of comedy commissions, including series from Matt Forde, Laura Smyth and Ria Lina, plus the return of fan favourites including Frank Skinner’s One Person Found This Helpful and Chris McCausland’s You Heard It Here First. The Final Word with Matt Forde (w/t), a new satirical comedy show, will see hit political comedian Matt Forde raid his contacts list and ...
Winner Of U&Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe Award Revealed
Aug 19, 2024 · U&Dave, UKTV’s BAFTA-winning entertainment channel, has announced the winner of its fifteenth U&Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe Award.. Comedian Mark Simmons was voted the winner with his witty pun: “I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship but I bottled it.The joke, taken from PBH’s Free Fringe show at Liquid Room Annexe, topped the list of funniest of ...