ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards announce their 2026 shortlist
Best show, newcomer, panel prize and joke
The shortlists have been announced for the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards, just before…
Malcolm Hardee Award announces its 2026 nominees
Malcolm Hardee Award judges have announce their shortlist…
Jack Dee to host new quiz show
Jack Dee is to host a new U&Dave comedy game show…
Robin Ince writes a book about the future of jokes
Robin Ince has written a book about the future of jokes, Out…
New book to celebrate the great women of comedy
Comedy historian Gemma Ross has written a book about…
Shortlists announced for Comedians’ Choice Awards 2026
The shortlists have been announced for The Comedians’…
RTÉ renews 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In
The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In has been renewed…
Taskmaster special to raise funds for children's hospital
YouTubers are to take part in a live-streamed Taskmaster event in aid of Great Ormond…
The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle…
Our pick of the slim choices for comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week. Monday…
Comic Mike Newall has brain haemorrhage
Stand-up Mike Newall has suffered a brain haemorrhage while on holiday in Wales. Promoter…
Leicester Comedy Festival charity's debts exceed £215,000
The company behind Leicester Comedy Festival collapsed with debts of at least £215,000. An…
Comedian fined £2,500 for calling a woman fat from the stage
A comedian has been ordered to pay almost £2,500 to a woman he mocked as fat…
Tour news
Features
A pub is a great place for communities to bond
As comedian Joe Lycett prepares to present his latest Channel 4 show, coming live…
Watch all the finalists in the 2026 Chortle Student Comedy Awards
Here are all the performances from the final of this year’s Chortle Student…
How I used a podcast to write my Edinburgh show
How do you write a stand-up comedy show? How important is it to nail your debut hour?…
How repressed is your 'cunt'ry?
Naming my debut show CVNT after one of the most taboo words in the English language…
Left-wing comedians need to get louder and angrier
Anger can be funny. Loads of the best comedy routines are angry ones. Pear cider…
Which defunct confectionery did Matt Berry advertise?
Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled –…
Edinburgh Fringe Reviews
America’s Got Talent silver medallist Chris Turner…
Lucas Jefcoate: If I'm Not Somebody, I'm Nobody
Walking on stage with a plate of spaghetti and meatballs…
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Wednesday August 26: Tom Short, Dee Allum, Gutter, Will Sebag-Montefiore, Caitriona Dowden, The Dream Machine, Abby Govindan, wami Odoom, Alex La, Johnnie McNamara Walker, Josh Khoury, MC JoJo SutherlandThursday August 27: Darren Walsh, Benny Shakes, Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody, James Barr John Barrett, Jake Baker, Baba, Emily Weitzman, Louise Leigh, Kat Higgins, F*cking Famous Molly Sharpe Book Now
Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
Katie Norris: Mother Succubus
Pleasance Courtyard
from 21:25 - 22:25
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Tom Ward: Post-Millennium Tension
Birmingham Glee Club
Friday 18th Sep from 20:00Book now
Coming Soon
The Comedy Store Players
Comedy Store
Sunday 30th Aug from 19:30
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Scott Bennett: Stuff
Colchester Charter Hall
Saturday 12th Sep from 19:30Book now
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Alfie Brown: The Entertainer
Nottingham Canalhouse
Tuesday 15th Sep from 19:30Book now
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Sindhu Vee - Swanky
Salford Lowry
Sunday 13th Sep from 20:00Book now
Other news
Ola Labib becomes an honorary fellow
Comedian Ola Labib is to receive an honorary fellowship…
Peter Kay adds another charity tour date
Peter Kay is adding an extra date to his tour to raise…
Crudi Dench wins working-class Fringe award
Drag comedian Crudi Dench has won an award for the best show from an artist with…
Garry Starr boosts ISH award coffers
Garry Starr has donated £1,600 to the prize fund of the ISH Edinburgh Comedy…
ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards longlist 60 Fringe shows
The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced their longlists of 60 Fringe acts…
Meet the 2026 Birmingham Breaking Talent hopefuls
The five acts in the running for this year’s Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking…
Punching Up
Joe Lycett: It's so naff to be a comedian
Joe Lycett says that having a child made him embarrassed to be a ‘naff’ comedian. The comic revealed that six months after becoming a father in 2024,…
Lucy Beaumont: I cheated to win a TV competition
Lucy Beaumont has revealed that she lied to Chris Evans…
Diane Morgan has revealed she's the proud owner…
Ricky Gervais: I'll have to get married to avoid tax
Ricky Gervais is set to get married after 44 years…
Videos
Alasdair Beckett-King replicates every classic gameshow in his latest video.
In it, he assumes the role of Lyle McCorquodale, host of Name That Thing from 1972-1996, with the same two contestants every week…
Every Classic Gameshow
From Alasdair Beckett-King
In cinemas in October
Candace Bryan on trying to be a more ethical consumer
Extract from her Edinburgh Fringe show
Extract from Mothman: A Romance Musical
At Chortle's Fast Fringe