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This year's winner will join previous recipients Janey Godley (2023), Susie McCabe (2024) and Rosco McClelland (2025).

Glasgow-based comedian Christopher MacArthur-Boyd has been announced as the winner of the 2026 Next Big Thing award, created to recognise acts deserving more attention. The comic ...

Glasgow International Comedy Festival started yesterday, welcoming over 500 shows across the city in the next three weeks.

“Stand-up’s definitely a night-time thing.” It’s a bold opening statement from Christopher Macarthur-Boyd. Especially when you consider that he’s saying it to a matinee crowd. Extra shows have had to ...

Monkey Barrel Comedy is excited to announce the launch of its brand-new Patreon - offering supporters a range of significant perks - including exclusive discounts, prize draws, and presale access to ...

Our Ladies, the Scotland-set comedy that has been likened to Derry Girls, is on TV tonight. The '90s-set film, which is based on Alan Warner's 1998 novel The Sopranos, tells the story of five best ...

Channel 4 has commissioned a comedy about the upcoming referendum on Scottish Independence. The Comedy Unit will produce the one-off special, which has the working title Scotland in a Day, for the ...

Writer/director Louis Paxton and stars Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, and Grant O'Rourke visited the IndieWire Studio, presented by Dropbox, to unpack one of the festival's craziest comedies. Watch ...

King Tut’s in Glasgow launches comedy night, King Tut’s Ha Ha Hut, on 19 April, featuring Susie McCabe, Chris Rutter, Gareth Mutch and host Kate Hammer.