Revealed: Who's in the Last One Laughing Halloween special?
Cast includes some returning names
The line-up for the Halloween special of Last One Laughing has been officially announced. Jack…
Gavin & Stacey's Melanie Walters joins Strictly
Gavin & Stacey star Melanie Walters has been named…
Saturday Night Live return set for September 12
Saturday Night Live UK is to return on September…
The Office's Lucy Davis: I have incurable breast cancer
The Office star Lucy Davis has revealed she has incurable…
Jimmy Carr writes a book about crafting jokes
Jimmy Carr has written a new book about the craft that…
Retweet: Second series for Adrian Edmondson's birding show
Samuel West and Adrian Edmondson are to make a second…
Leicester gets a new comedy festival
A new festival is to emerge from the ashes of the collapsed…
Lolly Adefope to make her West End debut
Lolly Adefope is to star in Oh, Mary! on the London stage. Her ten-week run in…
Comedian goes blind on the eve of their Fringe run
Musical comedian Friz Frizzle woke up blind the day before their Edinburgh Fringe…
Kevin Bridges hits the road again
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events…
Frank Skinner's latest stand-up special hits screens
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week. Sunday August 9 UNACCEPTABLE:…
Will this be the new Live At The Apollo?
The team behind the hit Have A Word podcast are launching a replacement for Live…
Seventh series for Sorry I Didn’t Know
ITV has renewed its panel show Sorry I Didn’t Know for a seventh series. Chizzy…
Tour news
Features
'When’s it going to get funny?’
As American comedian Mark Vigeant returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, he talks about…
Why men communicate through humour
James Trickey and Ted Milligan – performing at the Edinburgh Fringe as the…
My comedy owes everything to The Real Housewives
Edinburgh Fringe comedian Maia Tassalini picks her Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites… t 1.…
Where else can you see a see an 80-year-old woman performing a physics-defying see-saw sequence?
Chris Forbes is at the Edinburgh Fringe with his show Father Christmas at Monkey…
Lost in translation?
‘Sorry mate … what’s a Dunkaroo?’ Dammit. I’m barely…
This was an iconic series for those of us in the gay bear world
Sam Morrison – who previously found success with his show Sugar Daddy –…
Edinburgh Fringe Reviews
Rory Marshall: Thank You For The Opportunity
After making quite the splash last year, Rory Marshall…
18:30 PLEASANCE DOME
Thursday August 13: Dan Tiernan, Reuben Kaye, Fuccbois Lady Bolognese, Jamie Wolf, Stephen Catling, Henning Nilsson, Tim Biglowe, Rosalie Minnitt, Alexander Bennett, John Barrett, MC Morgan ReesFriday August 14: Tez Ilyas, Frank Sanazi, Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody, Ruiardh Miller, Lizzy Sunshine, Cerys Bradley, Silky, Enrico Touché, Struan Logan, Vix Leyton, Johnnie McNamara Walker, Jeff Klein, MC Rosco McClelland Book Now
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
The Best of Jay Sodagar
Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
from 19:05 - 20:05
Book Now
Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Newbury Corn Exchange
Wednesday 11th Nov from 19:30Book now
Coming Soon
The Comedy Store Players
Comedy Store
Sunday 16th Aug from 19:30
Book Now
Peter Kay Live
The O2
Friday 21st Aug from 20:00Book now
Coming Soon
Rainer Hersch: All Classical Music Explained
Whitley Bay Playhouse
Saturday 21st Nov from 19:30
Book Now
Ed Gamble: Fresh Hell
Dunstable Grove Theatre
Friday 5th Feb from 19:30Book now
Other news
Survival podcast for Guz Khan and Kiell Smith-Bynoe
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Almost 60 women, queer, trans and non-binary performers…
Line-up announced for 2026 Big Brain Tumour Benefit
Nish Kumar, Rhys James, Rosie Jones and Larry Dean are among the comedians taking…
Edinburgh Comedy Award appoints a new executive director
The Edinburgh Comedy Award has a new ‘executive director’ as its boss…
The 'biggest prize in comedy' returns for 2026
Voting opens tomorrow for NextUp’s Biggest Award in Comedy, the Edinburgh Fringe…
Billy Connolly exhibition to open in Glasgow
An exhibition about the life of Sir Billy Connolly is to be held in Glasgow next…
Punching Up
We banned 'creepy' Jimmy Savile from The Kumars at No 42
Sanjeev Bhaskar has told how ‘creepy’ Jimmy Savile was rejected as a guest on The Kumars At No 42 before his crimes became public knowledge He…
Vic Reeves hits the car boot sales
Vic Reeves is to flog his wares at a car boot…
In what’s an occasional Fringe tradition, comedians…
Oh Jesus, why have you forsaken me?
A comedian is hoping to find Jesus at this year’s…
Videos
Here's an extract from Remember Remember, a new 'incredibly misinformed, inaccurate' comedy musical about the Gunpowder Plot.
The song, He's The Bomb, from the middle of the show, covers the moment that Guy Fawkes becomes the frontman of the scheme, despite it being conceived and led by Robert Catesby.
Remember Remember is being performed at Pleasance Dome at 17:15 during the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe.
Chortle's Fast Fringe is on at Pleasance Dome at 18:30 daily. Tickets here.
Filming by NextUp, which is streaming shows to subscribers this Fringe. Sign up here.
Remember Remember - an Edinburgh Fringe musical about the Gunpowder Plot
From Chortle's Fast Fringe
Britney Spears sings Benny And The Jets
As imagined by Jess Robinson
Adam Larter cheerleads for Chortle
Comic passes on the chance to promote his own show…
Davina Bentley on dating in your 40s
Extract from her Edinburgh Fringe show