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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!

Kai - Community Admin

in 📺 whats-on

February 13

• Edited (Feb 13, 2026)

Drum roll please…🥁

So Hannah shared an idea in the community chat yesterday and we loved it so much that we actually went away and made it real!

We’re doing a two-night livestream watch-along called My Funny Valentine, and it’s basically a curated montage of our favourite comedy moments about love, divorce, dating disasters, failed relationships and the joy (and chaos) of being single.

It’s made from on-demand clips, but we’ll be streaming it together so we can all hang out in the chat in real time and have a laugh.

Both nights start at 7pm GMT!

Also worth knowing: Saturday and Sunday are completely different montages, so coming to both isn’t just re-watching the same thing twice. Featured comedians will be announced soon...

You asked, we delivered! ❤️

Night 1 Link

Night 2 Link

Kai - Community Admin

in 📺 whats-on

February 12

New Show Alert! 🚨

After an award-nominated, sell-out Edinburgh Fringe debut, the young and gifted comic, Tadiwa Mahlunge, returns with another 'accomplished, infectiously funny' (Skinny Mag) hour. With more fevered tales of how this political refugee is trying to get out of the corporate rat race without losing his flat, or worse, himself. 'Fearless' (Daniel Kaluuya) ‘Impressive’ (Guardian) ‘Prodigious’ (Kiri Pritchard-McLean’) ‘The circuit might have created another Jimmy Carr.’ (Chortle)

Enjoy! Tell us what you think too! ❣️

56:06

Tadiwa Mahlunge: Hakuna Ma ...

After an award-nominated, sell-out Edinburgh Fringe debut,...

Hannah Lindstrom

in 🗣️ the-pub

February 12

Had this random idea! It might be nice to do something as a community on Saturday, or at least for the people who don't have plans. Maybe a watchalong livestream? Idk how it would work but do you think this would be possible Kai/NextUp team?

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in 📣 club-updates

February 11

Hi! Tonight's live stream will be available on line in the next days?

Kai - Community Admin

in 📺 whats-on

February 11

Updates for tonight's stream gang!

(and yes - we're on site testing the mic as you can see)

Sadly Angela Barnes has caught COVID so will not be MCing. We have been told a replacement will step in, but we haven't been told who yet. Hopefully she gets well soon ❤️

The show has also been pushed back to 8pm by the organisers, but we will start the stream at the original start time of 7:30pm so the live chat launches. Apologies - this was outside of our control.

Thanks for bearing with us - the line-up is still a stonker, and all for an amazing cause. ✊

Kai - Community Admin

in 📺 whats-on

February 11

Who’s watching the Big Cheer livestream tonight?!

ME! 🤭

90 %

I’ll be watching! 🥳

10 %

10 votes

Kai - Community Admin

in 🗣️ the-pub

February 11

Bit of a random comedy question tonight folks, but seeing as a lot of you are livestream connoisseurs, how do you feel about audience participation during stand-up?🫢

I looove it

41 %

Not for me

59 %

17 votes

Kai - Community Admin

in 🗣️ the-pub

February 10

I asked the team if I can share this early with you guys and they said YES! If your subscription is coming to an end between now and the end of February, you can use the discount code VDAY25 for 25% off a yearly pass. We haven't told anyone else yet BUT feel free to share this secret with friends and family who want to join the NextUp community this month.❣️

Kai - Community Admin

in 🗣️ the-pub

February 09

Unashamedly going to lean into the love theme this week (don't kill me!) So to start us off, I want to know what everyone's favourite rom-com or romance film is? For me it's The Princess Bride or The Notebook 😆❣️

Kai - Community Admin

in 📺 whats-on

February 08

• Edited (Feb 08, 2026)

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Valentine’s week is upon us 💘And before your partner, crush, situationship or imaginary lover asks - no, this isn’t a proposal. It IS your heads-up on what’s on this week on NextUp though!

Big Cheer Comedy Night (in support of Amaze): Amaze’s comedy fundraiser at Komedia, the Big Cheer is back for 2026! Hosted by Amaze patron Angela Barnes and featuring a host of the brightest names in the world of stand-up, don’t miss this very funny evening of entertainment. The current acts confirmed include Laura Smyth, Jen Brister and Alistair Barrie. Every pound raised for Amaze by supporting this event helps disabled children and young people and their families to thrive.

The Bill Murray: Angel Comedy Club is 'a comedy institution' (Time Out) that puts on affordable, world-class shows every night of the week. This comedy night showcases the best talent in the UK and beyond. Lots of their regulars have gone on to appear on Live at the Apollo, on panel shows like Mock The Week or have their own specials on Netflix. It's a friendly place where you get to see tomorrow's stars just before they break big. Lineup coming soon!

As always, I’ll be around in the chat for the live shows!

P.S. I've zoomed in on the schedule (slide 2) for those who said it was hard to read. Let me know if it's better? 😀

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