© Netflix/Tiger Aspect 'Gay characters should be played by gay actors'
14/08/2018 … Jack Whitehall is at the centre of a casting row after landing the role as Disney's first major gay character.
Second woman to take the title
14/08/2018 … Bexie Archer has won this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award.
13/08/2018 … Hugh Dennis has been can alongside soprano Lesley Garrett in a new stage comedy based on the Nativity story.
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jay Richardson
13/08/2018 … With a varied mix of quickies, songs and extended character studies, sketch duo Bread and Geller don't revolutionise the genre.
13/08/2018 … Joel Dommett is to attempt to gatecrash 100 Edinburgh Fringe shows in 24 hours this week in aid of Stand Up To Cancer.
Matthew Highton recalls his most memorable gigs
13/08/2018 … Best/Stupidest One Off Gig Bowie Fest.
About a social media star with a terminally ill son
13/08/2018 … David Baddiel, Helen Lederer, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are to appear in a new short film about a woman with a terminally ill son.
Edinburgh Fringe review by Paul Fleckney
13/08/2018 … There’s a bombshell in Ed Night’s show that, depending on whether it explodes into the world beyond Edinburgh, could be the making of him.
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