Archive : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide

01/01/2007 … Shappi Khorsandi is getting a lot of publicity this year for being the most pregnant act on the festival, at eight-and-a-half months.

01/01/2007 … Rich Hall’s second Fringe play, Best Western, is set in a motel in Montana.

01/01/2007 … This is one of those shows that’s fallen into the wrong place in the Fringe programme.

01/01/2007 … As anyone who’s ever farted at a funeral will tell you, things are always funnier when you know you’re not supposed to laugh.

01/01/2007 … Matt Hollins once won a comedy award previously won by Johnny Vegas, a fact he proudly advertises on his promotional material.

01/01/2007 … Fed up with comedians who know what they’re talking about? Alex Horne may be your man.

01/01/2007 … After a long, rambling introduction Dan Atkinson shuffles absent-mindedly on to the stage and starts meekly apologising for everything.

01/01/2007 … Often, the biggest problem sketch groups have is achieving a coherence in style.

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