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Wayne McGregor's Deepstaria, performed by Company Wayne McGregor, will make its anticipated world premiere at the 44th Montpellier Danse Festival (22 – 24 June 2024), closely followed by its Italian premiere at Festival di Spoleto (12 – 14 July 2024).

Chortle Award-nominated comedian Alexander Bennett's acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe show 'I Can't Stand The Man, Myself' is transferring to Soho Theatre, London on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th April at 9pm.

 Newbury's The Watermill Theatre has announced the rest of its 2024 season of work at the award-winning venue. Learn more about the upcoming lineup here!

Do you hate yourself? Rising star Alexander Bennett (Dan Vs Food, Mark Watson's Comedy Marathon) does. It's both incredibly destructive and - fortunately for you - highly entertaining.

BWW catches up with Alexander Bennett to chat about bringing I Can't Stand The Man Myself to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

No More Mr Nice Chelsea is the highly anticipated debut stand-up hour from rising star Chelsea Birkby, whose credits include BBC Radio 4 Extra's Comedy Club, writing on Mock The Week and reaching the final of both So You Think You're Funny and Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year.

What did our critic think of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL at Essential Health Plaza At The Lights?

BWW catches up with Will Duggan to chat about bringing Iceberg to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

No More Mr Nice Chelsea is the highly anticipated debut stand-up hour from rising star Chelsea Birkby, whose credits include BBC Radio 4 Extra's Comedy Club, writing on Mock the Week and reaching the final of both So You Think You're Funny? and Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year.

The producers of Guildford Fringe Festival, Nick Wyschna and Charlotte Wyschna, are celebrating the opening weekend of this year's Festival, with Gag House Comedy Superstars kicking off the jampacked three-week festival of fun, drama and laughter on 24 June.

The Pleasance’s final on-sale cements their venues as the place to be this August – with incredible theatre, returning renowned comedians alongside debut comics, family work, music, family shows and more podcasts, this programme will ensure you’re busy from morning to night! 

Surrey audiences can look forward to the welcome return of Guildford Fringe Festival from Friday 24 June until Saturday 16 July 2022, with a packed programme of more than 100 live performance and arts events now on sale.

Taxi ride hailing service FREE NOW has announced four exclusive comedy gigs in London's West End to celebrate the role of local comedy nights – and to highlight the need for audiences to support them.

Taxi ride hailing service FREE NOW has announced four exclusive comedy gigs in London’s West End to celebrate the role of local comedy nights – and to highlight the need for audiences to support them.

On Wednesday 10 June 2020, the scholar James Nwoye Adichie died in Nigeria. Three months later, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the acclaimed author of Half a Yellow Sun and Americanah, published a beautiful tribute to the father she loved 'so much, so fiercely, so tenderly', a poignant meditation on the meaning, impact and nature of grief, in the New Yorker. Out of that essay grew a book, published in May 2021.

Now, it’s finally time for Laura to go back to her first love – live comedy. Rescheduled dates for her reprised debut tour have been confirmed, and so, after two sell-out Edinburgh shows in two years, the star of Live At The Apollo and double winner of The Comedian’s Choice ‘Best Performer Award’ is reprising her first UK tour, Knee Jerk.

LAUGHNow Comedy Club is sponsored by Sky and will be an interactive experience, fans can joke with others using the live chat feature or watch with friends via LIVENow's Watch Together function.  The weekly series premiere's on Friday 19th of March at 1900GMT with each show available for seven days following its debut. 

Tobacco Factory Theatres has announced online shows. Get Involved activities and opportunities for artists coming up this February and March 2021. From Fri 19 – Sun 21 February, Tobacco Factory Theatres will be co-presenting with Circomedia, Best of BE at HOME FESTIVAL.

There has never been a better time to get into stand-up comedy. Many of the hard-working touring comics have taken their work online and are doing online versions of their full-length solo shows or are taking part in club setups online.

It’s been a busy lockdown for comedian Laura Lexx who has seen her infamous Jürgen Klopp Twitter thread (5.6 million views, 55K likes and celebrity fans including Gary Lineker, Kathy Burke, Marian Keyes and Seth Meyers) now become a book – Klopp Actually. If that wasn’t enough, Laura has crowdsourced a novel and started a new podcast called National Treasures! with fellow comedian Will Duggan.

It's been a busy lockdown for comedian Laura Lexx who has seen her infamous Jürgen Klopp Twitter thread (5.6 million views, 55K likes and celebrity fans including Gary Lineker, Kathy Burke, Marian Keyes and Seth Meyers) now become a book - Klopp Actually.

After two sell-out Edinburgh shows in two years, star of Live At The Apollo and double winner of The Comedian's Choice 'Best Performer Award', Laura Lexx is going on her first UK tour with Knee Jerk.

Tobacco Factory Theatres has announced its programme for Dec 19 - May 20, including a brand new in-house production of Edward Albee's electrifying drama, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a wide-ranging programme of touring theatre and lots of new creative learning opportunities for audiences and communities in Bristol.

After two sell-out Edinburgh shows in two years, star of Live At The Apollo and double winner of The Comedian's Choice 'Best Performer Award', Laura Lexx (**** Telegraph, **** Sunday Times) is going on her first UK tour with Knee Jerk between February 5, 2020 and 21 June, 2020.

Star of Live at the Apollo, Laura Lexx is a 'bouncy, bubbly stand up star' (Telegraph) shining a hilarious light on how hard it is to be a good person these days. Can you change the world without offending anyone?

JULY WILL be a month of dance, music and laughter at The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury. The month begins with The Marlowe Dance Showcase (Wednesday 3 July), an annual event giving local dance groups and schools the chance to perform on The Marlowe's main stage.

Comedian Nish Kumar is heading to Bristol for a comedy show to help raise funds for a Bristol charity.