BBC confirms Rose Matafeo comedy
Starstuck will also air on HBO Max in the US
12/08/2019 … The BBC has officially confirmed the new sitcom from Rose Matafeo, as first revealed by Chortle back in March.
Mon 12 August 2019
Stand-ups front Nationwide's new ad campaign
Comedy sets to encourage people to save more
12/08/2019 … A raft of comedians have been signed up by Nationwide Building Society to front a new advertising campaign Adam Rowe, Helen Bauer, Sunil Patel, Masie Adam all…
Courtney Pauroso: Gutterplum
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
12/08/2019 … In the programme blurb, Gutterplum makes much of its connections with Natalie Palamides’s acclaimed shows Laid and Nate, sharing a director in American clown…
Does sex with a robot count as cheating on your partner?
Comics answer the quintessential Emergency Question from Richard Herring
12/08/2019 … Apparently Anna & Helen, Stuck in a Rat, Pleasance, 17:45 Depends if your partner is also a robot.
London Hughes: To Catch A D*ck
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
12/08/2019 … No prizes for guessing what this is about - and no, it’s not duck shooting.
'I'm amazed we got out of there alive'
George Rigden recalls his most memorable gigs
12/08/2019 … First gig I'm very prone to acting without thinking and doing my first gig at a So You Think You're Funny? heat in Bristol is proof of that.
Joe Rooney: Shut Your Cakehole
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jack Boyles
12/08/2019 … He might be facing a sparse audience, but Joe Rooney still gives his title song everything he’s got – after all the show must go on.
Sumit Anand: Nothing About Godzilla
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
12/08/2019 … Facing an audience of three has to be dispiriting for any comedian, but it’s even worse for the audience.