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Get ready for Edinburgh Fringe 2026!🥳🎉If you're new here, Fringe, the biggest arts festival in the world, is legendary for launching comedy stars…but it’s also legendary for completely draining your bank account. But the good news is we're doing the heavy lifting (and the walking) for you. 🤫 We’ve scouted the absolute best rising comics and we're streaming the festival's hottest shows straight to your screen. This August, get ready for pure, unfiltered, front-row Fringe brilliance from the comfort of your couch. Oh, and obviously you guys will be the first to know about the lineup...coming soon! Any predictions/wishes/desires/dreams? 🤗 Welcome to Ask a Comedian - our little corner of the NextUp community for getting closer to the people who do the mindblowing, and surprisingly full-on job of making people laugh. 🎭This channel is a place to drop questions for comedians about anything comedy. From writing and finding ideas, prep and pre-show routines, nerves and confidence, gigs that went great (and gigs that didn’t) to touring, crowd work, heckles, bombing, you name it! Ask what you’re curious about, whether you’re a comedy nerd, a casual watcher, or someone who performs. Keep it respectful (obvs!)How it works: We’ll post when we're meeting up with a comedian to film their special or chatting with them, you leave your questions in the comments and we’ll pick 3–5 to put to them, and share the answers back here. 🎤

Kai A.

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October 16

01:59:28

Leicester Square Theatre: SKETCH OFF FINAL 2026

Leicester Square Theatre's showcase for the UK's best up and coming sketch artists! Now in its 10th year, Sketch Off! is open to any sketch, character and alternative acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's most exciting writers and performers. The top qualifiers from heats at the Museum of Comedy in Bloomsbury will compete in the grand final in Leicester Square Theatre's Main House for the cash prize & their own comedy showcase. Previous Finalists include: The Delightful Sausage, Joe Kent-Walters, Lorna Rose Treen, Janine Harouni, Christian Brighty and many more…

What I’m watching (or should I say re-watching) this weekend! What about you guys?! Is anyone going out to see some in-person comedy as well? 😎😁

Kai A.

in 🗣️ the-pub

October 14

Hey guys! We're busy planning next week's social media posts and thought it'd be more fun to let you choose what goes out first. We've narrowed it down to two great comedians with shows on NextUp, and now it's over to you. Vote in the poll below for who gets the first reel of the week!

Rosco McClelland (How Could Hell Be Any Worse?)

58 %

Dominic Holland (Alive In Tring)

42 %

12 votes

Kai A.

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October 13

• Edited (Oct 13, 2026)

NextUp is Turning 10! 🎂

Hey NextUppers! Next month is an exciting one for us, because we're turning 10 YEARS OLD! 🥳

To celebrate a decade of streaming comedy, we want to drop a limited-edition 10th Anniversary T-Shirt - and we want YOU to help us design it!

Before we head to the drawing board, please tell us if this is something you'd like and of course, drop your design ideas in the comments!

Once we have a few options, I’ll make a poll so you can vote on your favourite design. 😍

Kai A.

in 📺 whats-on

October 12

• Edited (Oct 12, 2026)

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Bill Murray Catch-Up!

If you missed the Bill Murray livestream last week, you've still got until October 16th to watch it on catch-up. Enjoooy! 😍

Kai A.

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October 09

Anyone else watching Traitors UK Season 2?! And if yes, are you enjoying it as much as me 🤣

Yes!

71 %

29 %

14 votes

Karen D.

in 📺 whats-on

October 08

I caught the Bill Murray 24th and it’s catchup but still not seen Glee 25th or it’s catchup am I missing something?

Kai A.

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October 08

01:04:51

Basic Bloke 2

★★★★ ‘He has become one of our most refreshingly funny comedians of any stripe.’ – Dominic Maxwell, The Times Basic Bloke 2 – There’s No Bloke Without Fire is the latest tour from comedian, author, podcaster and radio host Geoff Norcott and Geoff’s first under a Labour government, so he’s got plenty to get off his chest! Not least because there’s nothing quite so British as being promised a brave new dawn then realising it’s as crap as the last one. Geoff will savour getting his teeth into the new ‘big beasts’ of British politics, with scathing words for Starmer and Rachel Reeves (while surprisingly positive about the idea of Angela Rayner as PM). Culturally, Geoff is conscious that – as the global headwinds shift right – he might end up at odds with people who used to be on ‘his side’. He’s dismayed to find that some of the cultural right weren’t really against censorship and cancellation, they just wanted to be the ones doing it. What’s more, Geoff can’t get his head around people who shared his suspicion of the EU’s power openly salivating over the idea of Britain becoming Trump’s 51st State. ★★★★ ‘The Laughs roll in like waves.’ – Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

NEW SHOW ALERT! 🚨

Here it is NextUppers, Geoff Norcott's, Basic Bloke 2. Hope you enjoy having a watch today, or this weekend. 🤩

Kai A.

in 📺 whats-on

October 08

• Edited (Oct 08, 2026)

Lineup for Bill Murray Livestream Tonight! 😍

- Jake Patrick
- Alexandra Haddow
- Maple Zuo
- Eloise Eftos
- John Meagher

Stream starts at 20:30 BST now, not 20:00.

Kai A.

in 📺 whats-on

October 07

Sneak Peek of Tomorrow's New Show! 👀

Tomorrow Geoff Norcott's Basic Bloke 2 hits NextUp! And because you're our members, you're the first people to see this sneak peek! Enjoy watching Geoff as he warms up the crowd with a playful roast of their city. 😂

Click here to watch now.

Kai A.

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October 06

Meet the Team Series Is Back! 🤗

Hello hello! With how busy the last couple of months have been, I haven't had the chance to do another Meet the Team post - but tonight you're in luck. I asked our Co-Founder and Creative Director, Kenny, some questions so you can get to know him better. Here's what he had to say...

What’s your role at NextUp, in normal human terms?: Creative Director - I look after the brand and the brand direction including when we launch new aspects or create new things.

Why did you start NextUp?: A genuine love of comedy and the general scene. I’d worked heavily in music, but my passion has always been in comedy. There was an opportunity to create something new as the internet evolved and video became more possible.

Who/What got you into comedy?: Monty Python without a doubt, but after that, I began writing and performing silly skits etc in school and at one point (prior to podcastsing being what it is today) had a pretty popular video podcast. This was way back in 2000 - 2002 so very early days.

Who’s your favourite comedian (or one you keep coming back to)?: I’ve always been a sucker for the absurd and the surreal. I love performance based comedians especially those that also subvert the genre. My all time favs from the well known are Sam Simmons, Paul Foot, Tony Law, and then probably not as well known would be Dr Brown, Elf Lyons, Jordan Brookes, & Anna Mann.

Besides comedy, what are your other interests/hobbies: Anything RPG or fantasy or role play related. Naturally that puts me in the gaming category, but more so I love worldbuilding, writing stories within imaginary worlds, playing D&D and any other complicated table top board games.

When and where were you born and raised?: 1984, in Jersey, in the channel islands.

What’s your most used emoji?: Sly look, for so many reasons.

Do you have any pets?: I have 3 miniature dachshunds, Einstein, named after Doc Brown's dog from Back to The Future Part 1, Copernicus, named after Doc Brown's dog from Back to the Future Part 2, and Merlin, who i didn’t name and we have inherited. They make up the trio of the most barky dogs in the world.

Tea or coffee?: Tea, always tea, but with 5 sugars in the morning, gradually tapering off throughout the day until an evening tea only with 1 sugar.

Ideal night in activity and ideal night out activity?: Ideal night in activity, dim lighting, chinese take away, good fantasy, sci fi or horror movie, followed by a drink and good disseminating chat, followed by late night solo gaming. Ideal night out, a D&D session. Pizza, drinks, friends, a good story and terrible dice rolls.

Who is your favourite singer at the moment?: Nick Cave

Hope you guys enjoyed learning more about Kenny! In a world full of AI, know that there are REAL, passionate humans behind this platform. So looking forward to continuing this series! 😁