For May Half Term Loff Out Loud! is coming to the Black Country Living Museum where you are invited to clown around with the historic characters as you discover how Black Country folk stayed playful in the past and Funny Roots is getting involved.

Josiane Boutonnet, Senior Lecturer in English in the School of Humanities at the University of Wolverhampton, blogged about the student involvement in the project.

We have set about trying to find out what is so unique about Black Country humour. From the comedians, the style, to the location - but one thing that can't be ignored is the accent!

So we've found out where the Black Country actually is. We know who the key comedians are, but what is it that makes them so funny?

We're trying to find out what makes Black Country humour so unique so have asked poet Dave Pitt of Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists to find out on our behalf.

Where IS the Black Country? It's an important question and one that you can ask a million people, and if you do, you will get a million different answers. BUT non of them will be Birmingham!

Join the Black Country Studies Centre for a day of expert talks exploring the performing and cinematic arts in the Black Country. Our speakers will take you on a behind the scenes tour of the Black Country’s global contribution to music, theatre, comedy, poetry and film.

Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger of Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists do their first performance of their Heritage Tribute Act for the 050 Wolverhampton Friendship Centre Camcorder Club. This performance is part of Creative Black Country's National Heritage Lottery Funded project Finding Our Funny Roots.

We’re looking for people to share their stories and memorabilia of seeing comedians in an effort to find out just what is so unique about Black Country humour.

Dave Pitt of Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists attends the first oral history training session for Creative Black Country's National Heritage Lottery Funded project Finding Our Funny Roots and meets oral historian Siobhán Stevenson.

Dave Pitt of Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists meets Rosalind Argo of Creative Black Country to talk about the start of our new National Heritage Lottery Funded project Finding Our Funny Roots.