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Stewart Lee is Legend Of Comedy at Leicester Comedy Festival Awards
Stewart Lee was named a Legend of Comedy at the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2022. Other winners included Troy Hawke, Ania Magliano, Marcel Lucont and Jon Pearson.
British Comedy Guide, 29th March 2022Leicester Comedy Festival 2022 Award nominees
Troy Hawke, Garrett Millerick, Russell Hicks, Sarah Callaghan, The Weirdos and Sikisa have been nominated for Best Show in the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2022.
British Comedy Guide, 25th February 2022Review: Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021
Fifteen acts made the final of this New Comedian of the Year competition. That's a lot of laughs and hopefully a lot of bar takings with two intervals taking the evening over the the marathon three hour mark. A quick declaration - I was a judge and watched a live stream via Nextup. It all worked smoothly and I didn't even have to queue for a drink in the interval(s).
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th December 2021Leicester Square New Comedian Of The Year 2021 review
The dearth of gigs during lockdown seems to have had no adverse effect on new comedians learning their craft. Quite the opposite, in fact. Those who made the final of the Leicester Square New Act Of The Year last night - and there were 15 of them - were stronger than ever.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th December 2021Striking Out: Comedy after Cambridge
Three recent graduates and ex-Footlights talk about making it comedy in the years after leaving Cambridge.
Amelia Hill, Varsity, 3rd August 2021Ania Magliano interview
The comedian, writer and stand-up on the things that make her laugh the most.
The Guardian, 23rd July 2021Comedians quit Yesterday, Today & The Day Before in protest
Comedy Central's irreverent news show Yesterday, Today & The Day Before has been plunged into controversy after presenters Sophie Duker and Kemah Bob quit in protest over its decision not to address the Israel-Palestine conflict.
British Comedy Guide, 27th May 2021Channel 4 launches sketch series with a host of comedians
Nick Helm, Jen Brister, Hal Cruttenden, Felicity Ward and children's television presenter Dave Benson Phillips are among the wealth of comic talent to feature in a new Channel 4 sketch series.
British Comedy Guide, 26th May 2021Comedians accuse Big Fat Quiz Of The Year of sexism
Comedians have denounced Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz Of The Year as sexist. Acts have taken to social media to point out that the Boxing Day episode of the panel show features no female comedians.
British Comedy Guide, 18th December 2020Review: Funny Women final 2020
It's a given that every gig is weird now, so spare a thought for the newer acts in the final of the Funny Women stage award this year.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd September 2020