Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country.

Now in it’s 12th year previous winners and finalists include Rob Beckett, Rachel Parris, Dane Baptise, Sofie Hagen, Tim Renkow, Bilal Zafar, Tez Ilyas and loads more…

Heats take place throughout the Autumn season at the Museum of Comedy, culminating in the final in the Main House at Leicester Square Theatre in December.

Entry Requirements
The competition is open to any non-professional act who's been performing for 5 years or less and entries from character acts, musical acts and sketch groups are welcome. The only restriction is that all contestants must stick to 5 minutes of material or risk disqualification.

THE 2020 COMPETITION HAS SADLY BEEN CANCELLED

Dates for the 2021 competition will appear here as soon as they are confirmed

PAST WINNERS

2019
Winner: David Eagle
Runner up: Josh Baulf
Joint 3rd: Lily Phillips & Luke Craig

2018
Winner: Sam Lake
2nd place: Darran Griffiths
3rd place: Calum Stewart & Yumna Mohamed

2017
Winner: Mo Omar
Runner Up: Ali Woods
3rd : Jack Gleadow

2016
Winner: Joby Mageean
Runner Up: Lewis Dunne aka Stanley Brooks
3rd: Micky Overman

2015
1Winner: ZakSplijt aka LJ Da Funk
Runner Up: Bilal Zafar
3rd: Yuriko Kotani

2014
Winner: Joshua Ross
Runner up: Don Tran
3rd: Evelyn Mok

2013
Winner: Tim Renkow
Runner Up: Garrett Millerick
Joint 3rd: Alasdair Beckett-King & Amy Gledhill

2012
Winner: Funmbi Omotayo
Runner Up: Phil O'Shea
3rd: Sofie Hagen

2011
Winner: Matt Rees
Runner Up: Richard Todd
3rd: Adam Hess

2010
Winner: Tim Shishodia
Runner Up: Mark Stephenson
3rd: Ian Smith

2009
Winner: Rob Beckett
Runner Up: Jim Campbell
3rd: Tania Edwards & Sally Tatum

Other finalists include... Rachel Parris, Dane Baptiste, Tez Ilyas, Jess Fostekew, Olga Koch, Huge Davies, Nigel Ng, Janine Harouni, Joe Jacobs, George Lewis, Tom Ward, Bobby Mair, Harriet Kemsley, Sunil Patel, Jenny Collier, Lauren Pattison & many more...