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John Robins' uplifting speech at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards
26/08/2023 … John Robins today presented this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards along with last year’s winner, Sam Campbell.
Will Franken yearns for a real alternative to the careerists
25/08/2023 … For seven years running, I have not performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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.
Because it was so iconic, says Sarah Cameron
16/08/2023 … As defining as BC and AD were for time, the industry can now be split into BF and AF – Before Fleabag and After Fleabag.
Britain's a bin fire... more comics should be talking about it, says Ian Stone
15/08/2023 … It’s the halfway point at the Edinburgh Fringe and I’ve got a day off.
It's enough to make Nick Pupo want to become a forest hermit
14/08/2023 … How social media in comedy makes me want to become a forest hermit Social media has done wonders for stand-up comedy.
Claire Woolner has the definitive answer
09/08/2023 … What is comedy? Wow, what a question.
I want him to be proud, says Nalini Sharma, I just don't want him to see my boobs
07/08/2023 … If there is one piece of unsolicited advice I can offer the comedy community is this: try not to post invites to your show publicly where your father will find them.
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