Who's in the running to be a 2025 Chortle Hotshot?
Gigs to showcase Edinburgh Fringe newcomers
07/01/2025 … The comedians in the running to be one of Chortle’s first Hotshots have been revealed.
2025 Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Tue 07 January 2025
What was Alf Garnett's job?
07/01/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Mon 06 January 2025
'The comedy industry is absolute shit'
Jenny Eclair on jealousy, women being marginalised in stand-up and her warts-and-all memoir
06/01/2025 … Jenny Eclair made history when she became the first woman to win the Perrier Award in 1995.
Fri 03 January 2025
'My first gig, I stormed. The second was a bin fire'
Kate Cheka on some of her unforgettable moments in comedy
03/01/2025 … Kate Cheka, current holder of the Funny Women Stage Award and nominee for best newcomer in the 2024 Chortle Awards, brings her debut show A Messiah Comes to the…
Thu 02 January 2025
Tim Harding's top 20 shows of 2024
A personal rundown of the year's best live comedy
02/01/2025 … Here are the best live comedy shows I saw in 2024, an otherwise best-forgotten era of indignity.