Omid Djalili: Gunmen once shot at me
...but comic said he couldn't report it for fear of reprisals
17/08/2023 … Omid Djalili has revealed he was shot at in his student days, in what he suggested was a racist attack.
Thu 17 August 2023
Professor Marina Von Flip Flop talks fish...
Charlie Vero-Martin at Chortle's Fast Fringe
17/08/2023 … Here's character comedian Charlie Vero-Martin teaching the Fast Fringe something about fish in the guise of Professor Marina Von Flip Flop.
Wed 16 August 2023
Eric Rushton: Not That Deep
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2023 … Just days before the Fringe kicked off, Eric Rushton won the first Sean Lock Comedy Award given out by Channel 4, making comparisons with the late star hard to avoid,…
Dominique Salerno: The Box Show
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2023 … After a week at the Fringe seeing eight shows a day, sometimes a little gimmick can be just the ticket, and American comedian Dominique Salerno’s one-woman…
© Ollie Craig If you feel free to fail, you can achieve anything
Alexander Bennett chooses his comedy favourites
16/08/2023 … Alexander Bennett is at the Edinburgh Fringe performing his stand-up show I Can’t Stand The Man, Myself at Gilded Balloon at The Patter Hoose at 9pm.
So You Think You’re Funny? announces its 2023 finalists
Ten acts through instead of the usual nine
16/08/2023 … Leading new act competition So You Think You’re Funny? has announced this year’s finalists – with ten names in the mix rather than the usual nine.
Nick Wilty: Veteran Comedian
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2023 … Ignore the second word in the title of Veteran Comedian.
There's no diversity among Fringe reviewers... so why should I tie my self-esteem to them?
Critics who all look and thing the same, says Anu Vaidyanathan
16/08/2023 … I believe there is no diversity in the reviewers who walk through one's door at the Edinburgh Fringe.