Christian joy...

Slater to present if.comedy awards

12/08/2007 … Hollywood star Christian Slater is to present the if.

20 questions: Robin Ince

12/08/2007 … What’s it like playing to huge theatres full of people who don’t want to see you, but Ricky Gervais?It’s intriguing playing these huge venues, partly because…

School for scandal

Row over Aussie mockumentary

12/08/2007 … An Australian TV comedy has come under fire for insulting rape victims and the disabled.

Steve's in the Square

EastEnders role for Amos

11/08/2007 … Stephen K Amos has landed a small role in EastEnders.

11/08/2007 … JANEY GODLEY has persuaded Glasgow Airport hero John Smeaton on to her Fringe chat show on August 23; the only appearance he'll make at the festival.

Sisters in arms

Female stand-ups quit Fringe play

10/08/2007 … An Edinburgh drama featuring 15 female comedians has been axed – after four of the cast walked out.

Dare accepted

Comics land Irish TV show

10/08/2007 … Comics Andrew Stanley, pictured, and Damian Clark have landed their own Irish TV series, based on their Edinburgh Fringe show.

Try not to hitch a lift with a psycho pig hunter...

20 Questions: Sarah Kendall

10/08/2007 … Without spoiling the show, My Very First Kidnapping, how did you get to be kidnapped? It was a college initiation, a thing the seniors traditionally did to the freshers.