Voting opens for Comedians' Choice 2017
For best shows and performers at the Fringe
20/08/2017 … Comedians working at the Edinburgh Fringe have been invited to vote for their favourite colleagues and shows at the festival.
2017 Archives
Sun 20 August 2017
Gareth Richards at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Singing a hymn to his own show
20/08/2017 … Comedian Gareth Richards has written a hymn to try to persuade people to come to his Edinburgh show.
Nathan Cassidy: The Man In The Arena
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
20/08/2017 … Nothing to do with the O2, Nathan Cassidy’s title refers to Teddy Roosevelt’s classic speech in which he said: ‘It is not the critic who counts;…
© Elvert Barnes Protest Photography/CC BY-SA 2.0 Dick Gregory dies at 84
Comedian and activist broke barriers
20/08/2017 … Pioneering comedian and activist Dick Gregory has died aged 84.
Sat 19 August 2017
V. unfortunate
Festival confusion over Glee club
19/08/2017 … The comedy tents at this weekend’s V Festival have been programmed by comedy club Glee – which has caused some confusion on site.
The Wrestling 2017: Video highlights
19/08/2017 … Here’s a video of some of the highlights from The Wrestling, which took place at the Edinburgh Fringe earlier in the week Comics Joel Dommett, Max…
Duped by a bogus TV producer
Thunderbards recall their Unforgettable Five gigs
19/08/2017 … Thunderbards are Glenn Moore and Matt Stevens.
An Angel of the North
Lauren Pattison picks up Fringe accolade
19/08/2017 … Lauren Pattison has won a Herald Angel award for her debut Edinburgh Fringe stand-up show, Lady Muck.