BBC announces Bradford-based comedy Grants

Friday, June 28, 2024, 7:02 p.m

The BBC has announced details of the following recipients of the BBC Comedy Grants.

Two Bradford organizations are among the funding winners as the city prepares to become UK City of Culture in 2025.

One is Theater in the Mill, an arts organization committed to developing, supporting and presenting socially responsible art and performance in the city. They will organize comedy workshops for women to develop their comedy skills and act as an experimental space for the development of new comedy tropes.

The other, The South Asian Comedy Collective, hosts a comedy night of new material for members of the local community. With the proceeds from the grant, they will organize a new event called Mega South Asian comedy nightwhich will take place in Bradford towards the end of 2024.

A further eight grant recipients, from across the UK, have yet to be named.

The news was revealed alongside the announcement that the BBC New Comedy Awards 2025 grand final will take place in Bradford. Six finalists will compete to be crowned BBC New Comedian 2025 and take home the prize of a script commission, £1,000 cash, plus the chance to perform live on Comic Relief Red Nose Day 2026.

The announcements were made as the BBC confirmed it will be the official broadcast partner of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.

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