'I'm sure my comedy's the talk of Kandahar'
Geoff Norcott on his Unforgettable Five gigs
09/08/2017 … First gig I was eight years old at a holiday camp in the Isle of Wight.
2017 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Wed 09 August 2017
What's the worst place you've ever stayed at the Fringe?
Comedians relive their Edinburgh nightmares
09/08/2017 … I walked into my hostel room to find a man wanking on my bunkbed.
'The best piece of creative work I've ever seen in any genre'
Joz Norris picks his Perfect Playlist
09/08/2017 … Hi Chortle, I realised today I forgot to include an introductory paragraph to my Perfect Playlist, saying something like "Hello and welcome to my Perfect Playlist!"…
Tue 08 August 2017
What's the most you've put into the bucket of a free show?
Comedians explain why they were so generous
08/08/2017 … Ten pounds.
What was Hale & Pace's single called?
08/08/2017 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always, by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Why Friends is a brutal satire with a dark subtext
Andrew Doyle picks his Perfect Playlist
08/08/2017 … Everybody knows that comedians make the worst audience members.
Mon 07 August 2017
Never take a date to a gig
What Loyiso Gola has learned from his Unforgettable Five shows
07/08/2017 … Worst gig ever I was doing my first full show at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012.