'Biggest award in comedy' announces its nominees
Shortlist for NextUp's 2m inflatable trophy
14/08/2023 … Twenty nominees have been announced for the biggest award in comedy.
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Mon 14 August 2023
Is Graham Linehan coming to the Edinburgh Fringe?
Comedy Unleash bills a top comic writer who's been cancelled
14/08/2023 … His views on transgender issues have made him a pariah across much of comedy, now Graham Linehan looks set to enter the lions’ den with a performance…
New book podcast from Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd
14/08/2023 … Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd are launching a book-club podcast aimed at 'lonely outsiders' In Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club - which…
Alternative Edinburgh comedy awards announce their longlist
More than 50 Fringe shows in the running
14/08/2023 … The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards – the accolades set up when it appeared that the original awards might not be happening this year – have announced their…
Sun 13 August 2023
© Castle Fine Art Billy Connolly talks about his latest artwork
Comic releases a new set of high-end prints
13/08/2023 … Billy Connolly has released a new set of limited edition art prints.
Prepare for the Henpocalypse
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
13/08/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week: Sunday August 13 BEHIND YOUR TOUCH: New to Netflix is this bizarre Korean comedy thriller…
Greece is the word
13/08/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
Sat 12 August 2023
'Gunman' storms comedian's Edinburgh Fringe show
Man arrested after punters flee in terror
12/08/2023 … Comedian Ralph Brown’s Fringe show was interrupted by a man waving a gun this week.