Birmingham Comedy Festival confirms 2025 programme
23/07/2025 … The Birmingham Comedy Festival has released the full programme of this year’s event, featuring more than 90 performances from Friday 3 to Sunday 12 October.
2025 Archives
Wed 23 July 2025
© Flag: Nicolas Raymond/CC BY-SA 3.0 Don't make jokes pitching men against women, Chinese comedians told
Official waning seen as a curb on feminist sentiment
23/07/2025 … The differences between men and women is a time-worn topic for stand-up.
Tue 22 July 2025
'My big zombie rabbit traumatised a woman'
Joz Norris on the best and the worst of the Edinburgh Fringe
22/07/2025 … Joz Norris is back at the Edinburg Fringe with his show You Wait.
How much do you know about the Naked Gun?
22/07/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
I found success online... but it felt pointless and ephemeral
Archie Henderson, aka Jazz Emu, on how he used that fan base to make something more interesting
22/07/2025 … I started uploading content as musical character Jazz Emu in late 2018 in a very different comedy environment.
'I don’t need to explain Sam Campbell's idiosyncratic brilliance'
Lulu Popplewell picks her comedy favourites
22/07/2025 … Lulu Popplewell is heading back to the Edinburgh Fringe with an 'hour of jokes about love, obsession and raccoons'.
Cabaret star Frisky to give Fringe's artist address
Kicking off this year's festival
22/07/2025 … Comedy cabaret star Frisky – aka Laura Corcoran – will be giving the opening address at the 78th Edinburgh Festival Fringe, it has been announced…
Now another Joke Of The Fringe launches
22/07/2025 … The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced they will be handing out a Joke Of The Fringe title, after broadcaster Dave dropped its long-running prize.