Billy Connolly's routines to be published in a book for the first time
'It didn’t seem right to do this while I was still performing them'
12/07/2019 … Some of Sir Billy Connolly’s best comedy routines are to be published in a new book.
2019 Archives
Fri 12 July 2019
Would you pay £75 to see Dirty Dancing with Keith Lemon and Paddy McGuinness?
Well now you can at a new outdoor movie event
12/07/2019 … Paying up to £75 to watch a 32-year-old film in a field might seem like a tall order.
Benjamin gets a DVD release
12/07/2019 … Simon Amstell’s feature film Benjamin is to be released on DVD on August 12, distributors Verve Pictures have announced.
© Netflix Jerry Seinfeld performs a secret London gig
...and Chortle was there to see it
12/07/2019 … Received wisdom is that a audience of envious comedians and jaded industry folk is one of the least receptive a stand-up could ever face.
Comedy's gender imbalance will vanish 'in 5-10 years'
So says Edinburgh Comedy Award producer Nica Burns
12/07/2019 … Female comedians will achieve parity with their male counterparts at the Fringe within five to ten years, Edinburgh Comedy Awards producer Nica Burns says.
Thu 11 July 2019
Edinburgh Fringe 10x10: Ten shows about dating
All the single ladies – and gentlemen
11/07/2019 … ‘So I’m single…’ Thus starts too many stand-up routines to mention.
© Bafta Ricky Gervais to receive the Richard Dawkins Award for atheism
Just don't expect him to thank God in the acceptance speech
11/07/2019 … Ricky Gervais is to be presented with this year’s Richard Dawkins Award to recognise his work promoting atheism.
© Cat Thomson Photography Why Edinburgh Fringe rents are spiralling
...and why it could seriously damage the festival
11/07/2019 … Many of those performing and working at the Edinburgh Fringe this year have been astonished at how much more expensive the already pricey rents have become for accommodation.