© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay Brits love observational comedy
...but hate improv, survey finds
14/08/2024 … Observational stand-up is Britain’s favourite genre of comedy – but improv is the least-loved.
2024 Archives
Wed 14 August 2024
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Watch the 2024 Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists
20th contest culminates at the Edinburgh Fringe
14/08/2024 … Here's the footage of the 20th Chortle Student Comedy Award final held in Edinburgh this week.
Rachel Kaly: Hospital Hour
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … At four years of age, Rachel Kaly told her mother that she wanted to kill herself in M&M’s World because she realised the red M&M wasn’t ketchup…
Alfie Packham: My Gift to You
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … Alfie Packham’s giving strong Simon Amstell vibes.
Where are the comics breaking through at the Fringe?
14/08/2024 … My first time performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival was in 2013.
Pete Heat: Bogus
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … Comedy magician Pete Heat is back at the festival, appropriately in one of the hottest rooms of the Fringe, which can't be doing wonders for our appreciation…
Who might win the biggest award in comedy 2024?
14/08/2024 … The long list for the literal biggest prize in comedy – a 2m inflatable trophy – has been announced.
Paul McDaniel: Butter Beans
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … There’s a touch of Ardal O’Hanlon to Paul McDaniel’s comedy, a quietly-spoken Irishman (though from the North rather than the South),…