Madeleine Brettingham scoops West End comedy title
First 'New Woman Comedian of the Year' winner
29/07/2025 … Madeleine Brettingham has won the inaugural West End New Woman Comedian of the Year title.
2025 Archives
Tue 29 July 2025
Cerys Nelmes faces three years in Turkish jail
Comic cannot leave the country while shoplifting case is investigated
29/07/2025 … Comedian Cerys Nelmes is facing up to three years in a Turkish prison on shoplifting charges.
Mon 28 July 2025
You say Edinburgh Fringe venue was wrong to cancel Philip Simon
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.
The best thing about the Fringe? Playing Football Manager
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 League Of Gentlemen reunite for radio play
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.
Why do we have to draw a line between comedy and theatre?
Edinburgh Fringe performer Derek Mitchell wants a genre-agnostic world
28/07/2025 … All live comedy is theatre.
'Comedy clubs are the purest place for our artform'
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.
Ali Brice at Chortle's Fast Fringe 2025
...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.