Bloomsbury Theatre, London: The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_Empire_New_Act_of_the_Year">UK's leading award for new comedy and variety talent</a> boasts a list of past finalists that reads like a Who's Who of the industry: Alan Davies, Eddie Izzard, Harry Hill, Jack Whitehall, Nina Conte, and Simon Pegg, to name just a few. Host Arthur Smith opened proceedings in suita…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:45AM on January 29, 2014