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Leicester Comedy Festival to publish All Puns Blazing joke book

Leicester Comedy Festival is publishing a celebratory book of puns. All Puns Blazing: The Best British Knockout Jokes will be published in November.

British Comedy Guide, 16th August 2021

New Act of the Year Final review

Glimpses of star comedy billings of the future.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 5th February 2020

Review: The Maltings Comedy Club

Three class acts, enjoyed by the audience.

Carla Phillips, Fakenham Times, 10th February 2019

New Act of the Year Final review

The New Act of the Year competition, running since 1987, has an impressive talent-spotting record. Previous finalists include Stewart Lee, Lee Mack, Harry Hill and Russell Brand. Tough acts to follow for 2019's champion Njambi McGrath.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 4th February 2019

Leicester Comedy Festival review: UK Pun Championships

Eight comedians battled to be named UK Pun Champion.

Becky Jones, Leicester Mercury, 13th February 2018

The best - and the worst - from the UK Pun Championship

Welcome to the punderdome! In what's taken off as a great marketing gimmick - with #ukpunday trending across Twitter yesterday - eight pun-dits gather at the Leicester Comedy Festival for the closest that word nerds get to sports. One-on-one in a boxing ring they exchange pun-ches in a bid to take the UK Pun Championship.

Chortle, 13th February 2018

Leicester Comedy Festival 2018 competition line-ups

The line-ups for the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, The UK Pun Championships and The Silver Stand Up Competition - all due to take place as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival 2018 - have been announced.

British Comedy Guide, 21st December 2017

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