The Edinburgh Fringe is the real pay-to-play scandal
Which is why Bob Slayer is working on an alternative...
23/03/2012 … The Funny Women pay-to-play issue has reared its head again.
Latest Opinions
Chortle's Opinions section is an arena for fans to share their views on any aspect of comedy.
We invite general comment pieces about particular aspects of the comedy scene (although reviews of individual shows or performers tend not to be suited to this section except in very rare circumstances). Contributions should be at least 500 words in length, in a similar tone to something you might read in a broadsheet newspaper, and emailed to steve@chortle.co.uk
We reserve the right to edit pieces – although we will be careful not to change the meaning of anything – or not to use them at all. By submitting an article you grant Chortle indefinite licence to use it freely; though you retain the copyright on it to use it elsewhere.
Fri 23 March 2012
Thu 22 March 2012
Feel the hate
Chris Hallam on the comics we love to loathe
22/03/2012 … Why are some comedians hated? Consider Frankie Boyle.
Wed 21 March 2012
We're all in this together
21/03/2012 … It’s that time of the year… the deadline for Edinburgh registration is on the horizon.
Wed 14 March 2012
Opening strategy
Ant Dewson on going first on a comedy bill
14/03/2012 … Recently I have been going on first at a lot of gigs.
Tue 13 March 2012
The absurdity of joke theft allegations
Currer Ball writes about plagiarism? You might’ve heard it before…
13/03/2012 … Aristotle once said, ‘Most of us will never have an original thought during our lives.
Sun 11 March 2012
Not exploitation, but genuine experience
Nadia Kamil defends the News Quiz 'trial writers' scheme
11/03/2012 … Chortle this week ran an ‘exposé’ of the News Quiz, with their anonymous source apparently furious that a long-running, well-established and respected radio…
Fri 09 March 2012
Stop analysing - and just be funny
09/03/2012 … 'Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle.
Wed 29 February 2012
It's not new comics vs old... it's good comics vs bad
Liam Mullone on the lionisation of Frank Carson
29/02/2012 … Roger Lewis recently wrote a piece for the Daily Telegraph on how Frank Carson was brilliant.