All the Winners from the DLCF awards PLUS winners of our ticket competition

Awards Panellist Chris Traill and host Pat Monahan get to grips with Best Festival Debut winner Phil Jerrod's mighty beard (picture courtesy of the Leicester Mercury)

Now that the dust has settled and the hangovers have receded from the Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival awards ceremony last night, here are all the winners in full from the glitzy black tie event held at Mercure Leicester (The Grand Hotel) on Granby Street:

Invasion of the award-nominees and FREE TICKETS to be won in our birthday giveaway!

Howdy there comedy folks! Hope you've all been enjoying a spot of relaxation since the festival ended, and I hope that by now you're getting over the various diseases you contracted from spending night after night in hot, airless, crowded rooms full of other people's germs. If it's a hearty 'yes' to both of the above, then you're probably about ready for some more comedy pretty soon, right? Of course you are... Well, I have some good news for you then. Read on for a round-up of what's coming up over the next month in Leicester (including more award-nominees than you can shake a stick at), as well as your chance to join our third birthday celebrations and win some awesome prizes!

Award-nominated - Jim Smallman

INTERVIEW: Ian Hall and Bruce Edhouse talk to us about all things Smashing

Leicester's newest monthly comedy night arrives with a bang (or should that be a smash?) on Wednesday 18th March at The Cookie. Club Smashing is the brainchild of Leicester mirth-merchants Ian Hall and Bruce Edhouse, who both had successful solo shows in the recent festival, as well as performing their first full show together as The Two Syds. 

Looking smashing in knitwear: Ian and Bruce

There is a general buzz about this night going around the local comedy scene at the moment, primarily because of the people involved and also because of the promise of something a bit different to your average comedy night. So, to give you the lowdown on what to expect from Club Smashing, Leicester Comedy Scene spoke to Ian and Bruce...