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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. 🎤 Welcome to The Pub! 🗣️This is the bit of the community that’s less “what’s on this week” and more “what are we all chatting about”.Think of it like the pub after the gig (a big thank you to Indulis for the inspiration!) Just a place to hang out, talk nonsense, answer silly polls, share opinions and generally loiter...I’ll be dropping the odd BTS or mildly pointless thought in here 😉, and you’re very welcome to do the same. Join in loads, dip in occasionally or you know, just sit in the corner nursing a drink. All acceptable pub behaviour!Pull up a chair and make yourself at home.Cheers!

Chris Rossi

in 🗣️ the-pub

April 08

Help me pick a show for tonight. For context: I love character comedy - and anything with Clinton Baptiste energy (but I've already watched his NextUp shows haha!).

President Obonjo - Goodbye Mr President

50 %

Myra Du Bois - Dead Funny

50 %

4 votes

Kai - Community Admin

in 📺 whats-on

April 07

Who's watching the Comedy Knockout livestream tonight?!

MEEE! ❤️

67 %

Can't make it tonight 😢

33 %

9 votes

Kai - Community Admin

in 📺 whats-on

April 06

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Hey NextUppers! 🎤

New week, and it’s a good one: the Musical Comedy Awards are being livestreamed! If you’re new here, welcome - we’re big MCA fans.😁

This year it’s hosted by the sensational Sugarcoated Sisters, and here are the 12 finalists:

- Dru Cripps
- Tom Veck
- Jonny Bennett
- Will and Noah
- Eoghan Collins
- Vinny Shiu
- Joe Da Costa
- Sam Hickman
- Sophie Banister
- Aadar Malik
- Ben Coleman
- Chris Iskander

Feel free to share the event with friends and family - they can support by grabbing livestream tickets here: https://nextupcomedy.com/programs/mca-2026

And before Beat the Frog kicks off later, here’s a 10-minute stand-up YouTube clip to enjoy tonight (it’s a goodie): https://youtu.be/cQlaBpUOMBE?si=-2uBBxXyqswlAXR3

See you in a couple of hours! 💃

Robert Arnott

in 🗣️ the-pub

April 05

Anyone started planning the Fringe?

Have done a first sweep of the comedians, this is my first list…. There will be additions and people I don’t get to see. Waiting till next release of tickets before I start to purchase?

Kai - Community Admin

in 🔬 show-discussions

April 04

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Some BTS of filming Rosco McClelland's special recently. And YES we managed to ask your questions to him! 😍

Ava Maule

in 🗣️ the-pub

April 04

• Edited (Apr 04, 2026)

Who would be your dream SNL UK host? Personally I NEED Rowan Atkinson - 71 isn't that old is it? I feel like he's definitely got it in him still.

Daniel Berg

in 📺 whats-on

April 02

🔔 The Bill Murray LIiestream has started early due to a venue schedule change. Apologies all for the late notice.

https://nextupcomedy.com/programs/angel-apr2

Jamie Campbell

in 🗣️ the-pub

April 02

Saw this tierlist yesterday and the only people I can think to share it with is you guys haha! You can even rank them yourself, a bit of fun if you're bored before the livestream https://tiermaker.com/create/british-comedy-tv-shows-356853