2024 Archives

Tue 28 May 2024

Matt Forde's bid to interview 650 election candidates

28/05/2024 … Political comedian Matt Forde is attempting to interview a candidate from all 650 constituencies before polling day.

Manchester gets a new comedy festival

Creatures Comedy Club hosting 10 days of shows

28/05/2024 … The line-up has been announced for the first Creatures Comedy Festival, featuring 30 shows across ten days in Manchester.

Chortle's Fast Fringe 2024 line-up revealed

Arthur Smith to host London comedy and variety extravaganza

28/05/2024 … The line-up has been announced for this year’s London Fast Fringe – offering bite-sized previews of 28 Edinburgh shows in one manic night.

The comedian using a sex offender to advertise his Fringe show

Rob Mulholland uses shamed comic Tom Binns as his publicity image

28/05/2024 … Rule one of advertising your Edinburgh Fringe show is to use an eye-catching image – and Rob Mulholland has certainly done that.

What company do the Futurama team work for?

Try our Tuesday Trivia Quiz

28/05/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.