Revealed: Who's in the Last One Laughing Halloween special?
Cast includes some returning names
The line-up for the Halloween special of Last One Laughing has been officially announced. Jack…
Gavin & Stacey's Melanie Walters joins Strictly
Gavin & Stacey star Melanie Walters has been named…
Saturday Night Live return set for September 12
Saturday Night Live UK is to return on September…
The Office's Lucy Davis: I have incurable breast cancer
The Office star Lucy Davis has revealed she has incurable…
Jimmy Carr writes a book about crafting jokes
Jimmy Carr has written a new book about the craft that…
Retweet: Second series for Adrian Edmondson's birding show
Samuel West and Adrian Edmondson are to make a second…
Leicester gets a new comedy festival
A new festival is to emerge from the ashes of the collapsed…
Lolly Adefope to make her West End debut
Lolly Adefope is to star in Oh, Mary! on the London stage. Her ten-week run in…
Comedian goes blind on the eve of their Fringe run
Musical comedian Friz Frizzle woke up blind the day before their Edinburgh Fringe…
Kevin Bridges hits the road again
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events…
Frank Skinner's latest stand-up special hits screens
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week. Sunday August 9 UNACCEPTABLE:…
Will this be the new Live At The Apollo?
The team behind the hit Have A Word podcast are launching a replacement for Live…
Seventh series for Sorry I Didn’t Know
ITV has renewed its panel show Sorry I Didn’t Know for a seventh series. Chizzy…
Tour news
Features
Finally, I'm talking about my Iranian background...
This is my most personal show to date! The only thing I don’t tell you in this…
Edinburgh's biggest problem? Me needing a wee
Ruby Carr is back at Edinburgh Fringe with her show Bite Me, on at Hoots @ Nicolson…
Men have always told me what to wear on stage
You don’t need to believe me. But as I read the email confirming this article,…
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…
Edinburgh Fringe Reviews
Rosie Holt: The Illegal Aliens Have Landed!
Aliens have landed in every city on Earth, and a dithering…
Harvey Cobb: Pink Boots and an Alcoholic Sock Puppet
Fringe debutant Harvey Cobb comes to the festival with…
18:30 PLEASANCE DOME
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.Thursday August 13: Dan Tiernan, Reuben Kaye, Fuccbois Lady Bolognese, Jamie Wolf, Stephen Catling, Henning Nilsson, Tim Biglowe, Rosalie Minnitt, Alexander Bennett, John Barrett, MC Morgan Rees Book Now
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Kate Smurthwaite Writes and Performs a Brand-New Full-Length Stand-Up Show Every Single Day for the Entire Edinburgh Fringe Based on Audience Suggestions from the Previous Day (Not Tuesdays)
PBH's Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
from 19:40 - 20:40
Book Now
Harriet Kemsley: Floozy
Hull Social
Wednesday 14th Oct from 20:00Book 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
Lorna Rose Treen: Now That’s What I Call Characters
Bristol Wardrobe Theatre and Old Market Assembly
Friday 2nd Oct
Book Now
Sindhu Vee - Swanky
Salford Lowry
Sunday 13th Sep from 20:00Book now
Other news
Almost 60 women, queer, trans and non-binary performers…
Line-up announced for 2026 Big Brain Tumour Benefit
Nish Kumar, Rhys James, Rosie Jones and Larry Dean…
Edinburgh Comedy Award appoints a new executive director
The Edinburgh Comedy Award has a new ‘executive director’ as its boss…
The 'biggest prize in comedy' returns for 2026
Voting opens tomorrow for NextUp’s Biggest Award in Comedy, the Edinburgh Fringe…
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…
Punching Up
We banned 'creepy' Jimmy Savile from The Kumars at No 42
Sanjeev Bhaskar has told how ‘creepy’ Jimmy Savile was rejected as a guest on The Kumars At No 42 before his crimes became public knowledge He…
Vic Reeves hits the car boot sales
Vic Reeves is to flog his wares at a car boot…
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…
Videos
Jess Robinson sings Benny And The Jets as Britney Spears in this extract from her Edinburgh Fringe show
In Elton Reimagined, the musical comedian and impressionist celebrates the work of Sir Elton John through the voices of iconic female singers.
It is on at Assembly George Square Gardens at 19:15 during the Fringe.
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.
Britney Spears sings Benny And The Jets
As imagined by Jess Robinson
Adam Larter cheerleads for Chortle
Comic passes on the chance to promote his own show…
Davina Bentley on dating in your 40s
Extract from her Edinburgh Fringe show
At Chortle's Fast Fringe