Chris Thorburn: Cineman
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
08/08/2024 … For all its arthouse pretensions and action spectacle, cinema is essentially about pick 'n' mix, asserts former usher and perennial film student Chris Thorburn.
Thu 08 August 2024
Mawaan Rizwan joins the Rocky Horror Show
Comic to play the narrator in London run
08/08/2024 … Mawaan Rizwan is to star in the stage version of the Rocky Horror Show when it hits London’s West End next month.
Jennifer Saunders climbs onto The Magic Faraway Tree
08/08/2024 … Jennifer Saunders has been cast in the upcoming film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s children's classic, The Magic Faraway Tree.
Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
08/08/2024 … Sue Gray was catapulted from civil service obscurity when charged with investigating Downing Street parties during lockdown.
Ali Woods: My girlfriend's hornier than me
08/08/2024 … Ali Woods talks about his girlfriend being 'hornier than him' – a far cry from his randy teenage dies – in this extract from his Edinburgh Fringe…
Scottish comedy stalwart Ron Bain dies at 79
Actor and director behind several hit shows
08/08/2024 … Ron Bain, who appeared in a swathe of Scottish TV comedies in the 1980s has died aged 79.
Wed 07 August 2024
Gerard Butler barred from comedian's Edinburgh Fringe show
But The Phantom Of The Opera star does get into one mocking Andrew Lloyd Webber..
07/08/2024 … As one of Hollywood’s leading men, Gerard Butler surely been granted entrance to some of the world’s most exclusive VIP areas.
Phil Ellis: Come On and Take The Rest of Me
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
07/08/2024 … For more than 20 years comedy clubs have used Eminem’s motivational underdog anthem Lose Yourself as walk-on music to pump up audiences with its pounding instrumentation…