Anirban Dasgupta: Polite Provocation
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
11/08/2024 … We take freedom of speech in comedy (within reason) for granted in the UK, but, thanks to the cohort of Indian stand-ups performing at the Fringe this year, we’re…
2024 Archives
Sun 11 August 2024
Lauren Pattison stars in new Radio 4 comedy
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming
11/08/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Tuesday August 13 MATT RIFE: LUCID The latest special from the comic who rose up through…
60 years of satire
11/08/2024 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Nerine Skinner on the curse of looking like Liz Truss
11/08/2024 … Nerine Skinner tells of the curse of looking like a certain former Prime Minister in this clip from Chortle’s Fast Fringe.
Sat 10 August 2024
Dylan Mulvaney: Faghag
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
10/08/2024 … Quite a lot of people would rather the world never heard from Dylan Mulvaney again, given she was the most hated woman among American transphobes last year…
The Fringe is a lovely, drunken Withnailian Butlins
Pete Heat on the best and worst of Edinburgh
10/08/2024 … Comedy magician Pete Heat returns to the Fringe with his show Bogus, on at the Pleasance Dome at 8.
Ted Hill: 110 Percent Normal
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
10/08/2024 … Making being a misfit relatable is the tacit underpinning of many identity-based stand-up shows, finding that paradoxical sweet spot for gently nudging the dial…
Freya Mallard: The Bounce Back
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
10/08/2024 … Less than three months after giving birth to her first child, Freya Mallard is well into her full Fringe run.