National Comedy Awards 2023: Here's when you can catch 10 comedians shortlisted for the British comedy Oscars in Scotland - from Fern Brady to Ricky Gervais
This Friday (February 17) is the biggest night of the year for British comedy and if you like what you see you can catch many of the stars in Scotland in the coming months.
The National Comedy Awards were first held last year, dreamed up to replace the British Comedy Awards which were scrapped in 2014 after running for 24 consecutive years.
Linked to Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer charity campaign, they aim to celebrate "the UK's most brilliant comedy content and creators".
This year’s awards takes place on Friday, February 17, at London’s Roundhouse – and will be broadcast live on Channel 4.
Tom Allen, the comedian perhaps best known for hosting ‘Bake Off: The Professionals’ and ‘The Apprentice: You're Fired!’, will be hosting for the second time.
He’s just one of the comedians appearing at the awards that will be playing Scotland in the coming months – here are all 10.
Comedy Duo Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe are hoping to win an award for their Parenting Hell podcast. They'll be performing at Edinburgh's Queen's Hall on February 18. Photo: Contributed
Loose Women's Judi Love has been nominated for Outstanding Female Comedy Entertainment Performer thanks to her performance in Taskmaster. She'll be performing her latest show, The One Like Judi Love, at Edinburgh's Queen's Hall on June 8. Photo: Jeff Spicer
Geordie comic Sarah Millican also has Taskmaster to thank for her nomination for Outstanding Female Comedy Entertainment Performer, She's got a huge UK-wide tour booked, entitled Late Bloomer, which will visit Dundee's Caird Hall on March 27, 2024, followed by two nights at Aberdeen Music Hall on March 28 and 29. She's then returning to Scotland in July for dates at Perth Theatre (11th) and Glasgow's SEC (12th and 13th). Photo: Tim P. Whitby
Hoping to follow up his 2022 award for Best Newcomer, Munya Chawawa is up for Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performer. He's playing two big Scottish shows this year - at Glasgow's O2 Academy on October 19 and Edinburgh's 02 Academy on October 28. Photo: TOLGA AKMEN