'It's what stand-up comedy should be'
Aatif Nawaz picks his Perfect Playlist
18/08/2017 … Aatif Nawaz, who is presenting his third show at the Edinburgh Fringe, selects his Perfect Playlist of comedy favourites.
Fri 18 August 2017
© Paul Manners/CC BY-SA 4.0 Michael Barrymore to receive payout from police
Judge sides with comic in wrongful arrest case
18/08/2017 … Michael Barrymore is to receive ‘more than nominal damages’ over his wrongful arrest over the death of Stuart Lubbock at the comedian’s home.
© John Fleming Malcolm Hardee, back at the Fringe!
18/08/2017 … Malcom Hardee is to make an Edinburgh Fringe comeback, 12 years after he drowned in the Thames.
The Death Hilarious: The Scum Always Rises
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
18/08/2017 … Alert the cosmologists.
So I'm single...
Naz Osmanoglu on going it alone after years with a sketch group
18/08/2017 … I’m not sure how other comics work, but the other day I found myself walking around in my pants with piles of books sellotaped to my shoes.
Al Porter in: Campus Maximus
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
18/08/2017 … As if Al Porter wasn’t already committed to camp comedy, Edinburgh’s most showbiz comedian has ramped it up for his latest show, Campus Maximus.
Late Night Gimp Fight at Chortle's Fast Frineg
Can they do five sketches in three minutes?
18/08/2017 … Late Night Gimp Fight tried to cram five sketches into three minutes when they appeared at Chortle's Fast Fringe.
When a Star Trek Doctor's in the house
18/08/2017 … Half-Scottish, half-Filipino comedian Rik Carranza speaks about his fanboy love of Star Trek in his Edinburgh show.