Comedy Studies

The Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) is an international research centre devoted to the academic study of comedy. Proudly based at Brunel University.

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

At Glee Club Birmingham today, Geoff Rowe from the Live Comedy Association met Andrew Griffith MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for a roundtable discussion on the importance of the UK hospitality sector.

More info: https://t.co/lrORJOD1P8

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

“Being recognised as a sector would really help.”

Comedian and Get Off Live Comedy co-founder Nina Gilligan speaking to the Women and Equalities Committee on why recognition - and access to support like Arts Council funding - matters for underrepresented performers in comedy.
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[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

Membership of the Live Comedy Association is open to anybody whose livelihood depends on the survival of the live comedy industry and its ability to thrive in the future; from comics to comedy club owners, gig promoters to festivals.

👉 More info: https://t.co/IU5J4PWgum

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

Huge thanks to Komedia Bath for raising over £12,000 for the Stand Up & Give Fund 🎤

Their Live Comedy Day show - featuring John Bishop - is a brilliant example of the live comedy community coming together to support its own.

https://t.co/UIxjtdyiAd

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

From 30-seat rooms to major stages, live comedy thrives on its grassroots.

Stand Up & Give is a fund designed to support the people who make those rooms happen - improving working conditions and strengthening the sector from the ground up.

Support here:
https://t.co/UIxjtdyiAd

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

Live comedy works best in the room... but those rooms need support.

Stand Up & Give is the Live Comedy Association’s fund for grassroots comedy across the UK, helping the people and places that keep the circuit alive.

https://t.co/UIxjtdyiAd

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

Were you part of Live Comedy Day? Whether you’re an audience member or industry, we want to hear from you.

We’re taking stock of what worked, what didn’t, and how we can make next year even better for everyone involved.

Got thoughts?
📩 [email protected]

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

BBC News this week covered the growing push for government support for grassroots live comedy.

👉 https://t.co/q496k41cp1

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

What a week it's been. Following the huge success of Live Comedy Day on April 1, we’ve seen an incredible surge in support for Stand Up & Give. Thank you to everyone who’s donated, shared and cheered us on. ❤️

If you can, chip in and help us get there 👉 https://t.co/UIxjtdyiAd

[Joy Carter @joycartershow]

Live comedy day is 2day Congrats to @LiveComedyUK for their powerful wk and putting comedy on the uk map. Enjoy #myfirstgig story @comedystorelondon eek! Checkout @funny_women gig later
#Comedy is an integral part of society 🤣 life, wellbeing, medicine 💊 I designed #JOYtalk

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

Comedians, we need your help!

#MyFirstComedyGig on Insta

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

Read the full piece in Chortle: https://t.co/Q55LpvOa24

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

The Bill Murray comedy club in London has become the first comedy venue to confirm it's received the government's business rates support package - and we're delighted to have played a part in making that happen.

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[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

It's time for live comedy to be recognised for what it is: one of the UK's most loved, most attended, and most economically vital art forms.

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[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

The Live Comedy Association doesn't want special treatment. We just want live comedy to have a level playing field to other art forms - which it currently doesn't have.

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[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

In Parliament this week, Baroness Hodge acknowledged there is a case for live comedy to be considered as an art form; and Dame Caroline Dinenage put the case directly: comedy clubs can't access Arts Council funding unless they happen to double as something else entirely.

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[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

Fantastic to see our Chair Jessica Toomey representing the Live Comedy Association last night at The Comedy Store for a panel hosted by Ticketmaster UK.

More: https://t.co/g0hwvHEfNH

[Live Comedy Association (LCA) @LiveComedyUK]

Last week, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport hosted a rare and important roundtable with the Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Arts, Ian Murray - bringing live comedy directly into the policy conversation.

👉 https://t.co/0t8tIabvzK

[Chortle Comedy @chortle]

'This was a significant moment for comedy' | Geoff Rowe on an industry roundtable with the creative industries Minister

https://t.co/Rh6oEJsoIk

[Humor Studies @humor_studies]

Everybody’s coming to Brazil… and honestly, the timeline already knows it.
From pop icons to internet legends, Brazil is everywhere right now. So why not bring your research too?
The submission deadline for ISHS 2026 is March 27. And that’s the final boss. No extra extensions.