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13/08/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 13 August 2023
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.
BBC buys Colin From Accounts series two
Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyers' romcom will return
12/08/2023 … The BBC has confirmed it will be airing the second series of Colin From Accounts.
© Alistair Muir Alex Edelman's Fringe farewell to director Adam Brace
Comic's show comes from Broadway to Edinburgh to help set up an award in his friend's memory
12/08/2023 … American comic Alex Edelman is bringing his Broadway show Just For Us back to the Edinburgh Fringe in tribute to his director, Adam Brace, who died in May at the…
Fri 11 August 2023
Mark Thomas scoops another Fringe First
Edinburgh accolade for the monologue England & Son
11/08/2023 … Mark Thomas has just won his fifth Fringe First award from The Scotsman.
Kevin Bridges to record a new stand-up special
The Overdue Catch-Up tour to be taped in Cork next month
11/08/2023 … Kevin Bridges is to film his latest stand-up show The Overdue Catch-Up for release later this year.
Les Dennis joins Strictly
'I’ve always gone for challenges outside my comfort zone'
11/08/2023 … Les Dennis has become the final celebrity contestant confirmed for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Cast announced for Ashley Storrie’s BBC sitcom Dinosaur
As filming gets under way in Glasgow
11/08/2023 … The supporting cast for Ashley Storrie’s BBC sitcom Dinosaur has been announced as filming gets under way in Glasgow.