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© Laurence Winram 2019 Edinburgh Fringe programme officially launched
05/06/2019 … The official printed Edinburgh Fringe programme has been launched today, heralding the official start of the festival season.
© ITV/Syco With Harry & Chris, Randy Feltface and Ismo Leikola
05/06/2019 … Comedy magician Mandy Muden and rap-jazz duo Harry & Chris are to appear on a major new American talent show.
Comic and promoter tried to appeal tax bill – but too late
04/06/2019 … Inkey Jones – the comedian who runs what is largely considered the worst comedy club in London – has lost a £3.
The People Just Do Nothing crew are back!
04/06/2019 … Kurupt FM’s comeback podcast is to take the form of a late-night chat show, and be distributed via Audible.
© Radio X New programme starts this Sunday
04/06/2019 … Comedians Ed Gamble and Matthew Crosby are to co-host a new show on Radio X.
Free Festival boss vows 'all should be painless'
03/06/2019 … Edinburgh’s Espionage nightclub is unexpectedly closing down, Chortle can reveal, putting scores of Fringe shows in doubt.
'I hoped for healing or catharsis - the opposite was the case'
03/06/2019 … Jan Ravens has pulled out of the Edinburgh Fringe – after finding that writing her show reopened old wounds.
Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson appeared in Hardwicke House
03/06/2019 … Episodes of a British sitcom so bad they have never seen the light of day – despite featuring the likes of Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson – have…
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