What would be your fantasy sketch quartet?
Comics pick four performers past or present to make the team
24/08/2017 … Phil Jupitus, Noel Fielding, Peter Kay, and Jo Brand.
Latest Features
Interviews with comedians, comedy reviews, Perfect Playlists and other comedy features, all collected in one place.
Thu 24 August 2017
'He sounds like a hipster shaman'
Chris Martin's Perfect Playlist
24/08/2017 … Chris Martin selects his comedy favourites.
Wed 23 August 2017
If you could change one thing about the Fringe, what would it be?
Comedians' plans to revamp Edinburgh
23/08/2017 … The length.
© Andy Hollingworth 'Michael McIntyre inspired me to be a comedian'
Tom Lucy picks his Perfect Playlist
23/08/2017 … Tom Lucy, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2016, is performing his debut solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Tue 22 August 2017
© BBC How comedians come up with their Fringe shows
22/08/2017 … The Edinburgh Fringe is a vibrant melting pot of talent, a festival of comedy, theatre and art, and the root cause of many a comedian’s filing for bankruptcy…
Heckled by a rubber chicken
Mark Forward recalls his Unforgettable Five gigs
22/08/2017 … First gigMe and a friend had written an absolutely terrible sketch about a man trying to rent a truck, but the rental place would only rent him seven.
Who have the Edinburgh comedy award judges most heinously overlooked over the years?
...as we await this year's nominees....
22/08/2017 … With the lastminute.
'I was trying to keep it as far from Peep Show as possible'
Comedy writer Simon Blackwell on his new show, reuniting Mitchell and Webb
22/08/2017 … David Mitchell and Robert Webb are to reunite in the new Channel 4 sitcom Back.