The Laughing Horse New Act of The Year is an annual competition, running since 2001, to find the best new stand-up comedy act in the UK.
The current holder is Adam Belbin, who won the accolade on the 29 May 2011.
Famous quotes containing the words laughing, horse, act and/or year:
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against a white sky
beside an idiot’s laughing face
were real.”
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Without a rider on a road at night.
The mind sits listening and hears it pass.”
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