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Hasan Al-Habib wins Birmingham Breaking Talent Award 2023

Hasan Al-Habib has been announced as the winner of the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2023.

British Comedy Guide, 7th October 2023

OnlyFans comedy talent hunt review

In a bid to expand away from its image as a conduit for home-made porn, OnlyFans has launched a comedy 'creative fund' with a £150,000 prize fund - £100k for the winner, £25k for two runners-up. You probably wouldn't bet on that being enough to overturn the site's reputation, but you can't deny that's a generous contribution to kick-starting a comic's career.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd November 2022

Ten Edinburgh Fringe shows from former Chortle Student winners (mostly)

Winners and finalists of the Chortle Student Comedy Award so often go on to great things. Here are eight previous title-holders (plus one finalists up and a show we can guarantee will include a future champion) making their returns to Edinburgh this year...

Chortle, 25th July 2022

Chortle Student Comedy Award 2022: Final finalists named

Going through as wildcards from across the five semi-finals across the country are Sascha LO, Hasan Al-Habib, Ethan Wilmer-Anderson, Henry Shannon and Alex Mason.

Chortle, 4th April 2022

The race row that rocked Cambridge Footlights

For decades, the elite society dominated British comedy, from Python to Peep Show to Bake Off. Has it finally embraced diversity?

Simon Parkin, The Guardian, 26th October 2019

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