With tips for their neurotypical friends too, by Narin Oz
19/07/2025 … Being at the Edinburgh Fringe is really overwhelming for many neurodivergent people, on top of trying to decipher ambiguous, indirect language neurotypicals throw…
Ismael Loutfi yearns for the time stand-up wasn't macho and reactionary
18/07/2025 … I started performing stand-up when I was 18, towards the end of Obama’s first term.
...and solo and double acts who do multiple characters
18/07/2025 … Maybe it’s the finances of it; maybe it’s slightly out of fashion – but there seem to be few sketch shows at the Fringe this year.
© Expectation/C4 A ‘huge blow’ as Channel 4 drops Bridget Christie comedy
18/07/2025 … Channel 4 has dropped Bridget Christie’s comedy The Change, despite the comedian’s plans to end the story with a third series.
18/07/2025 … Are TV executives stuck in a rut when it comes to commissioning shows in which middle-aged male comedians talk to each other? Here’s Channel 4’s new…
Q&A with Chortle Hotshot Jessie Nixon
18/07/2025 … Jessie Nixon is the final Chortle Hotshots to be profiled here – the five Edinburgh Fringe debutants who we selected from gigs around the country…
Critics say cancellation was a political sop to Donald Trump
18/07/2025 … American comedy talk show institution The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is to end in May, the CBS network has unexpectedly announced.
© C4 Line-up and formats for new digital channel announced
17/07/2025 … Channel 4 has revealed the comedians and formats to feature on its new digital channel dedicated to comedy.
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