The Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) is an international research centre devoted to the academic study of comedy. Proudly based at Brunel University.
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Applying for funding can be a daunting process. That’s why the LCA is offering FREE funding application support for LCA members. We’ll provide feedback and an outside eye before you submit.
Find out more: livecomedyassociation.co.uk/…
Developing Your Creative Practice is now open for applications.
Apply for up to £12,000 to support development in your creative career.
Find out more 👇
bit.ly/4vyX7IR
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If you’re applying for funding - whether through Arts Councils, the Lottery Fund, local authorities, or other funders - we’re here to help.
Our new Funding Application Support Service gives LCA members access to an experienced outside eye before applications are submitted.
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FREE Funding Application Support Launches Today!
The Live Comedy Association is excited to launch a brand-new FREE Member Support Service for anyone working across the grassroots live comedy sector.
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The LCA heads to Westminster!
Today the Live Comedy Association hosted a parliamentary drop-in event to bring grassroots live comedy to the attention of MPs from across the House.
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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: instagram.com/p/DXHaTKqCHQF/…
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“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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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: livecomedyassociation.co.uk/…
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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.
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stand-up…
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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:
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stand-up…
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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.
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stand-up…
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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?
📩 hello@livecomedyassociation.co.uk
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BBC News this week covered the growing push for government support for grassroots live comedy.
👉 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7…
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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 👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stand-up…
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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
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Read the full piece in Chortle: chortle.co.uk/other-news/202…
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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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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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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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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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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