‘Canadian’ or ‘black’ isn’t a personality...
Comedy writer Andrew Ellard on his new show
26/07/2016 … What’s the idea behind Outsiders? There are two brilliant ideas – I can say that since they weren’t mine.
2016 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Tue 26 July 2016
10x10: Once a student...
7. Ten former Chortle Student Award competitors
26/07/2016 … It's the 13th year of the Chortle Student Comedy Award, with former entrants going on to be familiar faces on TV, the comedy circuit and at festivals.
Mon 25 July 2016
Edinburgh 10x10: A little bit of politics
6. Ten shows that try to make sense of it all...
25/07/2016 … A couple of numbers from the programme of Edinburgh Fringe, the home of cutting-edge, relevant art.
'She made me realise how powerful women could be in comedy'
Felicity Montagu chooses her Perfect Playlist
25/07/2016 … Felicity Montagu, probably best known as Alan Partridge’s put-upon personal assistant Lynn, stars in the new Radio 4 comedy Guilt Trip this week.
Fri 22 July 2016
Edinburgh 10x10: As seen on...
5. Ten Fringe stars with very different TV roles
22/07/2016 … You'll never see a stand-up introduced in an American comedy club without the phrase: 'You've seen them on…' And many a Fringe blurb, too, lists TV credits as…
Thu 21 July 2016
Edinburgh 10x10: The old 'uns are the best
21/07/2016 … Edinburgh's often very focussed on the young and the new.
Wed 20 July 2016
10x10: The family business
3. Sons and daughters of the famous
20/07/2016 … Comedy seems to be producing dynasties, with a new generation of performers coming from famous parents.
Happy Days, Louis CK and jumping the shark
Comedy mastermind Garry Marshall talks to Jay Richardson
20/07/2016 … With the sad news of the death of Garry Marshall yesterday, at the age of 81, we reprint this interview that Chortle conducted with him in 2014 to coincide with…