Press clippings
Gilded Balloon announces more Fringe shows including Mhairi Black, Michelle Brasier and Christopher Hall
Gilded Balloon have today added over 65 shows for 2024's Edinburgh Festival Fringe line-up including Mhairi Black's first ever Fringe show, a triumphant return for Michelle Brasier and social media sensation Christopher Hall.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd April 2024BBC Asian Network Comedy to visit Glasgow
The BBC's next Asian Network Comedy night will be in Glasgow on 29th February. The gig will be recorded for TV and radio.
British Comedy Guide, 11th January 2024Comedy Central Live Series 3 line-up revealed
Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Susie McCabe and Dane Baptiste are among the stand-ups to be showcased in the third series of Comedy Central Live, with Athena Kugblenu, Pierre Novellie, Dan Tiernan, Rachel Fairburn, Josh Jones, Harriet Kemsley, Ignacio Lopez, Ken Cheng, Kemah Bob and Finlay Christie also featuring.
British Comedy Guide, 5th December 2023Interview: Best of So You Think You're Funny?
Jack Skipper, Joshua Bethania and Pravanya Pillay - top finalists from the renowned So You Think You're Funny? competition in 2022 - share their comedy journeys as they return to the Gilded Balloon.
Ben Venables, Fest Mag, 24th July 2023Channel 4's Jokes Only A ... Can Tell back with immigrants & NHS staff
Channel 4 has ordered an expanded second series of its diverse stand-up showcase Jokes Only A ... Can Tell, featuring immigrants, NHS workers, the neurodivergent, Muslim, Indian, Scottish and Northern Irish comedians.
British Comedy Guide, 18th March 2023The Comedy Store launches live virtual reality shows
The Comedy Store in London is launching the UK's first live virtual reality gigs, with the first, featuring Russell Kane, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Mark Watson and Joshua Bethania, streaming this Friday.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd February 2023Chortle Awards 2023 nominees announced
Shortlisted nominees for the 2023 awards run by comedy website Chortle have been announced. Bob Mortimer, Alasdair Beckett-King and Jordan Gray have secured two nominations each.
British Comedy Guide, 24th January 2023Jiksaw names its ones-to-watch 2023
Creative studio Jiksaw has revealed the 17 comedians who form its Faces Of Comedy 2022 cohort, a list of up-and-coming comedy talents to watch out for in 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2022Review: BBC New Comedy Award 2022 final
The final of this year's BBC New Comedy Award may have been in Cardiff - kicking off its year as the Corporation's City of Comedy - but the comedians came from all over, from Shetland to India.
Chortle, 2nd November 2022An American's guide to the BBC New Comedy Award Finalists
The American fascination with British humor is obvious from the number of TV shows we've stolen from them over the years (read: The Office), so a brief who's-who is in order whenever Britain decides to crown any comic "the next big thing." Here's an Americanized rundown of the bright young British minds that will be competing for the title of top comedy newcomer...
Keegan Kelly, Cracked, 1st November 2022