All the Funz of the Fringe
Our look back at past festivals arrives at 2014
22/08/2020 … In 2014, John Kearns achieved the unique double of winning the main Edinburgh Comedy Award just 12 months after being named best newcomer – a title…
2020 Archives
Sat 22 August 2020
© The JPS/CC BY-SA 3.0 The Stand comedy clubs 'on the brink of collapse'
Venues make urgent plea for arts funding
22/08/2020 … The Stand comedy clubs have warned that they are on the brink of closure unless they get an arts funding bailout.
Fri 21 August 2020
I'm trying to sell a Thermos...
21/08/2020 … Tweets of the week I'm currently trying to sell a thermos with absolutely no capacity for any liquid.
Bridget Christie: 'A triumphant hour that scores on every measure'
Our look back at the Fringe of 2013
21/08/2020 … In 2013, Bridget Christie became the third female solo comedian to win the Edinburgh Comedy Award for her feminist-themed show A Bic For Her, while John Kearns…
Punting Comedy
Gig review by Steve Bennett on the River Cherwell, Oxford
21/08/2020 … Given the restrictions on gathering indoors, almost every comedy gig in these times has an unusual twist: it’s a drive-in, or in a stately home… or…
Wedding fails and being good at drinking
Helen Bauer on Comedy Central At The Edinburgh Fringe
21/08/2020 … Helen Bauer’s stand-up features in the latest instalment of Comedy Central At The Edinburgh Fringe.
Mel and Sue to shoot more Hitmen
Sky renews comedy for a second series
21/08/2020 … Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc's comedy Hitmen is to return for a second series.
The only show on the Edinburgh Fringe?
Comedian Nathan Cassidy announces a gig as restrictions ease
21/08/2020 … At least one comedy event is to take place in Edinburgh this August.