Winner of Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024 Mark Simmons has announced his next tour starting in 2026.His debut tour, Quip Off the Mark, lasted three years, with over 215 dates over across the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and sold over...

5 days ago · Winner of Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024 Mark Simmons has announced his next tour starting in 2026.His debut tour, Quip Off the Mark, lasted three years, with over 215 dates over across the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and sold over 25,000 tickets.Along the way he picked up a Joke of the Fringe Award in 2024, alongside Danny Ward, won the Victoria Wood Panel Prize at the ...

2 days ago · “Please, sir, I want some more…Miriam!” the public asked.Having sold every ticket in 2024, the iconic award-winning actress, TV personality and author Miriam Margolyes returns to the Pleasance EICC at the Edinburgh Fringe for 14 dates from 9th – 24th August. More characters, more Dickens, and more fascinating stories about the man behind the classics.

Aug 24, 2024 · Nana Hughes, Chair of this year’s judging panel, and the other judges whittled down all 563 eligible comedy shows at this year’s Fringe to Wednesday’s shortlist of nominations, identifying seven nominees for The Don and Eleanor Taffer Best Comedy Show and five nominees for The DLT Entertainment Best Newcomer Award.The judges also announced today this year’s panel prize, The Victoria ...

Sep 28, 2024 · Mark Simmons, the latest winner of ‘U&Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe’ Award, is wrapping up a two year debut stand up tour which has included over 200 gigs, with a date at Soho Theatre on Monday 16th December. His debut tour, which has spanned the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, been extended five times, and sold over 20,000 tickets, is finally coming to end as he prepares to ...

Winner of Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024 Mark Simmons has announced his next tour starting in 2026. His debut tour, Quip Off the Mark, lasted three years, with over 215 dates...

6 days ago · On this week’s show (31st January) Graham welcomes double Oscar-winner Renée Zellweger, British star Leo Woodall, This Is Us star Sterling K Brown, stage and screen star Anthony Mackie, pop icon Cyndi Lauper, and singer songwriter Lola Young.. Renée and Leo chat about Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy.. Asked about the new film having a dark side, Renée says, “It is very funny but it’s ...

Aug 22, 2023 · Dave, the BAFTA-winning UKTV entertainment channel, has announced the winner of its fourteenth Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe award.. Comedian, Lorna Rose Treen, was voted the winner with her pun: “ I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah. The joke, taken from her show Skin Pigeon at Pleasance Courtyard, topped the list of funniest of the Fringe with 44% of ...

Jan 13, 2025 · Sixty finalists in the 19th annual Comedy.co.uk Awards have been announced today. Smoggie Queens, Wallace & Gromit, Alma’s Not Normal, Inside No. 9 and Taskmaster are amongst the comedy programmes from 2024 that have made it through the first of two voting rounds, from all 346 automatically nominated television and radio titles that aired new episodes last year – down slightly from 351 in ...

Aug 19, 2024 · U&Dave, UKTV’s BAFTA-winning entertainment channel, has announced the winner of its fifteenth U&Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe Award.. Comedian Mark Simmons was voted the winner with his witty pun: “I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship but I bottled it.The joke, taken from PBH’s Free Fringe show at Liquid Room Annexe, topped the list of funniest of ...