'Her sketches are like tiny documentaries'
Ellie Ross's comedy favourites
07/08/2026 … Ellie Ross is at the Edinburgh Fringe with Mrs Gary Breath, a theatrical comedy show about wedding culture and the pressure to get married.
2026 Archives
Fri 07 August 2026
Gareth Gwynn: Cyril
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
07/08/2026 … It should come as little surprise that Gareth Gwynn’s tribute to his great-grandfather Cyril – a poet who chronicled the ways of rural Wales, becoming…
I thought I had to mine my life for comedy. Big mistake
Vix Leyton on giving up confessional stand-up, and finding a renewed joy in her work
07/08/2026 … For a long time, I was locked to a fairly traditional idea of what my stand-up should look like: personal, self-deprecating and built around mining my own…
Leo Hincks at Chortle's Fast Fringe
Edinburgh debutant on the oppressive demands of a three-minute set
07/08/2026 … Leo Hincks talks about how he struggles with the ‘brief Intense intimacy’ required for performing a three-minute set at Chortle’s Fast Fringe.
© ITV Seventh series for Sorry I Didn’t Know
ITV renews its black history panel show
07/08/2026 … ITV has renewed its panel show Sorry I Didn’t Know for a seventh series.
© Netflix Alley Cats
Review of Ricky Gervais's new Netflix animation
07/08/2026 … Ricky Gervais’s sad descent from co-creator of The Office to peddler of soulless, half-arsed cash-grab tat continues with Alley Cats.
Thu 06 August 2026
Aisling Bea joins Starman film
Starring opposite Brendan Fraser
06/08/2026 … Aisling Bea is to appear opposite Brendan Fraser and Jeff Daniels in the new sci-fi thriller movie Starman.
© Leicester City Council Leicester mayor: We WILL have a comedy festival next year
Council chief vows to keep keep the event alive
06/08/2026 … Leicester City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has vowed that a comedy festival will takes place in the city next year It comes after the Big Difference Company,…