Free Edinburgh venue falls to Gilded Balloon
'Big 4' venue expands into Counting House
25/02/2016 … Edinburgh’s Counting House pub is to be part of the Gilded Balloon complex at this year's Fringe, after nine years of being a free venue.
2016 Archives
Thu 25 February 2016
Eddie Izzard stands for Labour's NEC
'I will stand up for ordinary people'
25/02/2016 … <p> Eddie Izzard is standing for a place on Labour’s ruling executive.
'The benchmark for black British comedy'
Dane Baptiste chooses his Perfect Playlist
25/02/2016 … Chappelle's Show: Charlie Murphy True Hollywood StoriesWith the bulk of television being voyeuristic formats for celebrity, this hilarious sketch strand did it amazingly,…
The science of comedy
Dean Burnett looks at what we know
25/02/2016 … Where does humour and laughter come from in the brain? It’s a good question, but not one that has a simple answer.
Student award: Who's your Lincoln favourite?
25/02/2016 … Polls have now opened for the People's Choice award for the Lincoln heat of the Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Wed 24 February 2016
Baconface gets his own radio show
24/02/2016 … Stewart Lee's 'inspiration', Baconface, is to present his own radio show.
Is this the UK's most prolific joke thief?
The Tory who's ten times worse than Keith Chegwin
24/02/2016 … The former leader of young Conservatives in Wales is selling comedians’ jokes without their knowledge.
A show of Hans: Teeuwen returns to the UK
24/02/2016 … DUTCH comedian Hans Teeuwen is to return to the UK this autumn for his first tour in six year.