How to design an Edinburgh Fringe poster
By comedian and designer William Stone
02/04/2025 … We all know as performers that no matter how good, original, and groundbreaking your show is, it doesn't matter if no one comes to see it.
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Thu 06 March 2025
Getting a talent visa is no joke
06/03/2025 … My friends and I are all job-stealing immigrants.
© Pamela Raith Why do we still love these three old comedians so much?
By Paul Hendy, writer of West End show The Last Laugh
06/03/2025 … Just a few weeks ago, Robbie Williams confessed that he cried ‘happy, childlike tears’ after making the winning bid for Eric Morecambe's glasses…
Tue 04 March 2025
© Oliver Double Tribute to my friend, Tony Allen
04/03/2025 … Tony Allen, the sharp-suited acerbic opinionated incisive much-loved and often much-dreaded ‘godfather of alternative comedy’, was born on this day, March…
Sun 02 March 2025
How to get over a bad gig
Luke McGibbon's tips on learning from a death without dwelling on it
02/03/2025 … The comedian Sarah Millican once coined the 11 o’clock rule, which basically advises that however good or bad a gig has been, you have to stop thinking about…
Thu 20 February 2025
Stand-up is an art form, so deserves to be funded
Kate-Lois Elliott calls for comedy to be treated like theatre
20/02/2025 … I'm about to take my debut show on tour.
Tue 11 February 2025
© Matt Stronge Comedy has a glass ceiling problem
11/02/2025 … If you’re a comedy fan you’ll have your own examples: comics you feel are unjustly flying under the radar.
