© The Joke Factory My safe space is under threat
27/07/2023 … Juliana Heng talks to Francis Clarke about life as an autistic stand-up comedian, censorship in Kuala Lumpur, and the upcoming Edinburgh Fringe.
2023 Archives
Thu 27 July 2023
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'The compere wept openly in the paddling pool'
Paul Foot on the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
27/07/2023 … Paul Foot returns to the Edinburgh Fringe next week, performing his show Dissolve at 7.
The grim story of Fiona Allen's grandfather
Comic's ancestor had a gruesome job
27/07/2023 … Fiona Allen is making her Edinburgh Fringe debut next week, more than 20 years after her Channel 4 sketch show Smack The Pony ended.
Lorna Rose Treen as a nine-year-old Brownie
27/07/2023 … Character comedian Lorna Rose Treen adopts the guise of an eager Brownie in this extract from her debut Edinburgh Fringe show, Skin Pigeon.
Wed 26 July 2023
It's gross, immature, disgusting – and one of my favourite things
Dan Tiernan picks his Perfect Playlist
26/07/2023 … Dan Tiernan is performing his debut comedy show Going Under at the Edinburgh Fringe – and with previews starting on Monday, thanks to being at the permanent…
© BBC 'Doing Masterchef is surreal and intimidating'
Marcus Brigstocke and James Buckley on their stint in the kitchen
26/07/2023 … Celebrity MasterChef returns to BBC One for its 18th series starting at 9pm next Wednesday (August 2).
BBC reveals its programming from the 2023 Fringe
Broadcaster shifts its base to Dynamic Earth
26/07/2023 … The BBC has unveiled some of its radio programming for the Edinburgh Fringe, including the return of Mark Nelson’s BBC Scotland showcase Edinburgh Unlocked.
© Rumpus Media Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan to return
...plus two more Misinvestigations into Tupac Shakur and Nancy Spungen
26/07/2023 … Romesh Ranaganthan is to make five more documentary and travel shows for BBC Two.