Olga Pavlova: From Russia With No Love
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2021 … No Russian stereotype goes unremarked upon in Olga Pavlova’s debut show.
2021 Archives
Mon 16 August 2021
Dylan Moran is Uthrok One-Nut
Comic joins The Witcher prequel, along with Lenny Henry
16/08/2021 … Comics Dylan Moran and Lenny Henry have joined the cast of Netflix’s new fantasy prequel The Witcher: Blood Origin.
A Weekend Away At The Hotel Decevoir
Edinburgh Fringe theatre review
16/08/2021 … Not so much a whodunit as a who-cares-whodunit, this clunky Agatha Christie spoof is overburdened with thin characters and undertroubled by plot, sense or motive.
This festival is chilled and lovely - but it's not the Fringe we love
Chortle editor Steve Bennett's notes on this year's Edinburgh Fringe
16/08/2021 … It’s been a week since Nicola Sturgeon reluctantly, it seemed, relaxed social distancing rules indoors and allowed Edinburgh Fringe venues to operate at full…
John Hegley: Drawings Of Dromedaries And Other Creatures)
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2021 … It’s a shame John Hegley only performed a handful of dates this Fringe - his first after a three-year gap – as his agreeable whimsy, distinctive comic…
Here comes the pun!
Leicester Comedy Festival to release wordplay joke book
16/08/2021 … Organisers of the UK Pun Championship are to release a book of one-liners celebrating wordplay.
Dara O Briain to host new C4 quiz show
One & Six Zeros has a £1million jackpot
16/08/2021 … Dara O Briain is to host a new Channel 4 quiz show offering a £1million prize jackpot.
© ITV ITV films Lee Mack's football training
Can he beat the curse of the Soccer Aid penalty?
16/08/2021 … Lee Mack's attempts to get into shape for the Soccer Aid charity football match are to be documented on ITV.