© John Fleming Fire rips through the old Tunnel Club
Can any part of the legendary venue survive?
08/08/2016 … A blaze has ripped through the venue that was once Malcolm Hardee's legendary Tunnel Club.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 08 August 2016
© John Fleming 
Woman arrested after heckling – at a freedom of speech gig
08/08/2016 … A woman has been arrested after heckling an Edinburgh Fringe show – about freedom of speech.
The Simpsons gets an hour-long episode
And Amy Schumer guests in another
08/08/2016 … The Simpsons is to make its first hour-long episode.
Sofie Hagen joins the great Danes
Comic up for a major award in her homeland
08/08/2016 … Sofie Hagen has been nominated for Comedian of the Year in her native Denmark, for her debut stand-up show Bubblewrap.
Stewart Lee releases a show on 10in green vinyl
08/08/2016 … Stewart Lee’s 2002 show Pea Green Boat has been re-released – on a 10-inch pea-green vinyl.
© BBC/Keiron McCarron Meet the new Are You Being Served? cast
08/08/2016 … Here's the first picture of the new cast of Are You Being Served? The sitcom is being brought back for a one-off special next month as part of the BBC's Landmark…
Sun 07 August 2016
'Culture sells newspapers'
Comedy awards boss calls for more Fringe coverage
07/08/2016 … Edinburgh Comedy Awards producer Nica Burns has called on newspaper editors to support the arts, as in-depth coverage of the Fringe shrinks.