Isn't it time the stars went out?
Chortle editor Steve Bennett says the system's flawed
26/08/2014 … Chortle may have handed out its last star.
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Tue 26 August 2014
Fri 22 August 2014
My 'mental' Fringe
Harriet Dyer on her theraputic show
22/08/2014 … When I started to write my Fringe show, Barking At Aeroplanes I sincerely intended on it being an, ‘Ooh I’m just eccentric but folk think I’m crackers, isn’t…
Tue 19 August 2014
My guide to shagging in Edinburgh
Brydie Lee-Kennedy has the bases covered...
19/08/2014 … It’s the final week of the Edinburgh Fringe and that means you’ve probably engaged in at least one of the following activities: complaining about your lack…
Mon 18 August 2014
© James Penlidis How YouTube's changing sketch comedy
18/08/2014 … We’re more than two weeks into our first ever Edinburgh Festival Fringe: a rite of passage for young Australian comics for decades.
Fri 15 August 2014
Why Italian comedy has dumbed down
Francesco de Carlo explains the lack of alternative comedy, satire or surrealism
15/08/2014 … In Italy, television plays a pivotal role in comedy.
Thu 14 August 2014
Surprise! A critic's in...
Gareth Morinan wants free Fringe shows to be treated like any other
14/08/2014 … I think we can all agree that in the past year or two there’s been a sea change in how performers look at the Free Fringe.
Bob Slayer: Why I might work at the Pleasance next year
14/08/2014 … It's really hard work being a maverick at the Fringe.
Mon 11 August 2014
Comics must stop bullying transsexual people
Ben Alborough is angered by a Fringe comedian
11/08/2014 … Out of ironic curiosity, a couple of friends and I went to a free low-brow late-night stand-up show at the Edinburgh Fringe the other night, in which the MC followed…