Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Kieran Hodgson on the best and worst of the festival
17/08/2023 … Kieran Hodgson - star of Two Doors Down and Channel 4’s Prince Andrew musical is back in Edinburgh with Big In Scotland, his stand-up show about moving from…
As legendary chat show host dies at 88
17/08/2023 … Michael Parkinson, the chat show host who did so much to launch and promote comedians – most notably giving Billy Connolly his big break – has died at…
© Ollie Craig Alexander Bennett chooses his comedy favourites
16/08/2023 … Alexander Bennett is at the Edinburgh Fringe performing his stand-up show I Can’t Stand The Man, Myself at Gilded Balloon at The Patter Hoose at 9pm.
Ed Patrick on the highs and lows of the Edinburgh Fringe
16/08/2023 … Comedian Ed Patrick is at the Edinburgh Fringe with his show Catch Your Breath, about being an NHS anaesthetist and more, which is on at The Stand’s New Town…
Ted Hill picks his comedy favourites
15/08/2023 … Ted Hill is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with Ted Hill Tries and Fails to Fix Climate Change, at Assembly George Square at 2.
Marjolein Robertson on the best and worst of the festival
15/08/2023 … Shetlands-born comedian Marjolein Robertson is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with her new stand-up show Marj, at Stand 1 at 5pm.
Visiting American comic gives us a status report on her first Fringe
15/08/2023 … We asked some Edinburgh Fringe debutants about their expectations of the festival before it kicked off.
As the comedy turns 43, try our Tuesday trivia quiz
15/08/2023 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
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