Leicester gets a new comedy festival
...and this one vows to pay its comedians
A new festival is to emerge from the ashes of the collapsed Leicester Comedy Festival. The…
Retweet: Second series for Adrian Edmondson's birding show
Samuel West and Adrian Edmondson are to make a second…
Lolly Adefope to make her West End debut
Lolly Adefope is to star in Oh, Mary! on the London…
Comedian goes blind on the eve of their Fringe run
Musical comedian Friz Frizzle woke up blind the day…
Kevin Bridges hits the road again
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from…
Frank Skinner's latest stand-up special hits screens
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this…
Will this be the new Live At The Apollo?
The team behind the hit Have A Word podcast are launching…
Seventh series for Sorry I Didn’t Know
ITV has renewed its panel show Sorry I Didn’t Know for a seventh series. Chizzy…
Aisling Bea joins Starman film
Aisling Bea is to appear opposite Brendan Fraser and Jeff Daniels in the new sci-fi…
Leicester mayor: We WILL have a comedy festival next year
Leicester City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has vowed that a comedy festival will…
Jessica Fostekew to host Infinite Monkey Cage
Jessica Fostekew will be taking over from Robin Ince as co-host of Radio 4’s…
Amanda Knox: Don't try to shame a wronged woman into silence
Amanda Knox has hit back at calls for her Edinburgh Fringe show to be cancelled,…
Rosie Jones: When I fell in public, 40 people stepped over me – and two kicked me
Rosie Jones has told of how she was ignored – and even kicked – after…
Tour news
Features
If more stand-ups learned from Bernie Mac, maybe more than 10 per cent of them would be watchable
American comedian Geoffrey Asmus – currently performing at the Edinburgh Fringe…
Which singer appeared as a rioter in Only Fools And Horses?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
I slept with a lot of people... all for the stories
Banging. Screwing. Shagging. The horizontal mambo. Whatever you call it: I’ve…
'I was very sternly told not to get too much lube on Andy Burnham'
Chris Cantrill is back in Edinburgh - having been nominated for the main award in…
The digital age has changed comedy profoundly... for better and worse
I feel the digital age has profoundly disrupted comedy, but not necessarily…
Limmy is the GOAT!
Hasan Al-Habib is back at to the Edinburgh Fringe with his second hour, Stuck in…
Edinburgh Fringe Reviews
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Tuesday August 11: Patrick Monahan, Tom Short, Caitriona Dowden, Amelia Hamilton, Sarah Roberts, Stuart Thomas, Alexis Sakellaris, Jennifer Jane, Veronica Osorio, Paul Hilleard, Sydnee Washington, Chuck 'n' Jeck, MC Rosco McClelland.Wednesday August 12: Anna Leong Brophy, Chris Forbes, Tamsyn Kelly, Les Keen, Choose Your Own Musical, Alice Keys, Danny Matinee, Jake Baker, Aidan Jones, Kwami Odoom, Lawrence Dodd, Harry Jun, MC JoJo Sutherland. Book Now
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Phil Nichol: Aren't We Lucky
Gilded Balloon Teviot
from 17:20 - 18:20
Book Now
Harriet Kemsley: Floozy
Norwich Playhouse
Sunday 8th Nov from 19:00Book now
Coming Soon
The Comedy Store Players
Comedy Store
Sunday 16th Aug from 19:30
Book Now
Peter Kay Live
The O2
Friday 21st Aug from 20:00Book now
Coming Soon
Barry From Watford: Shooting From The New Hip
Walsall Arena and Arts Centre
Saturday 26th Sep
Book Now
Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Barton-on-Humber The Ropewalk
Saturday 7th Nov from 19:30Book now
Other news
Edinburgh Comedy Award appoints a new executive director
The Edinburgh Comedy Award has a new ‘executive…
The 'biggest prize in comedy' returns for 2026
Voting opens tomorrow for NextUp’s Biggest Award…
Billy Connolly exhibition to open in Glasgow
An exhibition about the life of Sir Billy Connolly is to be held in Glasgow next…
ISH Awards to be worth £16,000
The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have confirmed a record £16,000.01 prize fund…
Kevin Bridges has signed with powerhouse American agents CAA. The move comes…
Aunty Donna's production firm makes its first film
The production company set up by Australian comedy troupe Aunty Donna is making…
Punching Up
Vic Reeves hits the car boot sales
Vic Reeves is to flog his wares at a car boot sale. The comedian, whose real name is Jim Moir, will be among 100 artists selling work at an event in London…
In what’s an occasional Fringe tradition, comedians…
Oh Jesus, why have you forsaken me?
A comedian is hoping to find Jesus at this year’s…
So there are these three odd Irish priests on an island...
Eagle-eyed viewers might spot something familiar about…
Videos
Stand-up Adam Larter refuses to perform an extract from his Edinburgh show when he appeared on Chortle’s Fast Fringe.
Instead he used the opportunity not for promotion or networking for himself, but to big up the work of this website (we approve this message) and he roped in editor Steve Bennett to live-review his bespoke routine...
His actual show, Who Remembers the 90s? is on at Just The Tonic at The Hive at 17:50.
Chortle's Fast Fringe is on at Pleasance Dome at 18:30 daily. Tickets here.
Filming by NextUp, which is streaming shows to subscribers this Fringe. Sign up here.
Adam Larter cheerleads for Chortle
Comic passes on the chance to promote his own show at Fast Fringe
Davina Bentley on dating in your 40s
Extract from her Edinburgh Fringe show
At Chortle's Fast Fringe
Paul Hilleard at Chortle's Fast Fringe
2024 BBC New Comedy Award winner