75 per cent say Jewish comic should not have been axed
28/07/2025 … Chortle readers believe Edinburgh Fringe venues were wrong to cancel Jewish comedian Philip Simon by a margin of three to one.
Jonny Pelham shares his Edinburgh highs and lows
28/07/2025 … Jonny Pelham is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with a show about ‘what it means to be diagnosed as 'neurodiverse,' what constitutes normality and how…
© BBC Jeremy Dyson writes comedy-drama to star his old colleagues
28/07/2025 … The League Of Gentlemen have reunited for a new Radio 4 comedy-drama.
Edinburgh Fringe performer Derek Mitchell wants a genre-agnostic world
28/07/2025 … All live comedy is theatre.
Thor Stenhaug picks his Perfect Playlist
28/07/2025 … Thor Stenhaug, a Norwegian comedian based in the UK, is making his Edinburgh Fringe debut this year with One Night Stand Baby.
...and getting distracted by audience members
28/07/2025 … Here's Ali Brice performing an extract from his Edinburgh show Eric Meat Gets The Chop at Chortle's Fast Fringe in London earlier this moth.
Tributes paid to satirical genius
27/07/2025 … Tributes have been paid to musical satirist Tom Lehrer, following his death at 97.
Katie Norris shares the best and worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
27/07/2025 … Katie Norris is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with her second solo show, Go West, Old Maid.
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